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Florestan

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September 13, 2018, 11:51:10 AM
Quote from: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 11:33:39 AM
Here is wisdom. When I am being frivolous, I do try to take it very seriously.

Seriousness is overrated.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. ." — Claude Debussy

Brian

#42
September 13, 2018, 01:09:36 PM
Quote from: Elgarian Redux on September 13, 2018, 11:33:39 AM
Here is wisdom. When I am being frivolous, I do try to take it very seriously.
How Galahad Threepwoodish of you!

Elgarian Redux

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September 14, 2018, 01:06:30 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 13, 2018, 01:09:36 PM
How Galahad Threepwoodish of you!

Faced with a comment like this, Comrade Brian, as a disciple of Psmith I like to ask myself - what would Napoleon have done?

Karl Henning

#44
September 14, 2018, 04:30:11 AM
Quote from: Florestan on September 13, 2018, 11:24:50 AM
"It is easy to be solemn, it is so hard to be frivolous." ― G K Chesterton

Even when I have the odd quarrel with Chesterton (and I do not, much, here) he is wonderfully quotable.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Karl Henning

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September 14, 2018, 04:31:10 AM
Quote from: Elgarian Redux on September 14, 2018, 01:06:30 AM
Faced with a comment like this, Comrade Brian, as a disciple of Psmith I like to ask myself - what would Napoleon have done?

Napoleon could have taken your correspondence course, sir.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Florestan

#46
September 14, 2018, 10:09:35 AM
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. ." — Claude Debussy
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