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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
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― A Book of Burlesques
― A Book of Burlesques
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I toyed briefly with an image someone once mentioned to me, of a village in the shadow of a twin-peaked mountain. In the morning the sun rises. At lunch it sets behind the mountain. In the early afternoon it rises once more. The cocks crow for the second time, and later the sun sets again. No. One peak. Metaphors should not be belaboured.
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― Signal to Noise
― Signal to Noise
