Maxim
How can we expect someone else to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves?
… La Rochefoucauld
Armenian Proverb
There are many things that, until you learn them, you cannot do; there are also things that, until you do them, you cannot learn.
Daffy-nition
Mushroom: The place where huskies are trained to pull dog sleds.
The Proportionate Body
Polycletos, the ancient Greek sculptor, drew up a canon of the proportions of several parts of the human body, as in, twice round the thumb is once round the wrist; twice round the wrist is once round the neck; twice round the neck is once round the waist; once round the fist is the length of the foot; the 2 arms extended is the height of the body; 6 times the length of the foot, or 18 thumbs, is also the height of the body. Again, the thumb, the longest toe, and the nose should all be of the same length. The index finger should measure the breadth of the hand and the foot, and twice the breadth should give the length. The hand, the foot, and the face should all be the same length. The nose should be one-third of the face; and, of course, the thumbs should be one-third the length of the hand. Gerard de Lairesse has given the exact measurements of every part of the human figure, according to the famous statues of “Antinous,” “Apollo Belvedere,” “Hercules,” and “Venus de Medici.”
Conscience
If we had to personally kill the creatures that we eat, we’d probably become vegetarians.
Personal Choice
The cannibal rejects vegetarianism in favor of humanitarianism.
What’s in a Name?
Dilmanchian: Turkish in derivation, identified as an occupation,
dilmanch is a variant of
dilmach, which is defined as interpreter, dragoman, and guide.
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Maxim How can we expect someone else to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves? … La Rochefoucauld Armenian Proverb There are many things that, until you learn them, you cannot do; there are also things that, until you do them, you cannot learn. Daffy-nition Mushroom: The place where huskies are trained to pull dog sleds. The Proportionate Body Polycletos, the ancient Greek sculptor, drew up a canon of the proportions of several parts of the human body, as in, twice round the thumb is once round the wrist; twice round the wrist is once round the neck; twice round the neck is once round the waist; once round the fist is the length of the foot; the 2 arms extended is the height of the body; 6 times the length of the foot, or 18 thumbs, is also the height of the body. Again, the thumb, the longest toe, and the nose should all be of the same length. The index finger should measure the breadth of the hand and the foot, and twice the breadth should give the length. The hand, the foot, and the face should all be the same length. The [...]
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Maxim How can we expect someone else to keep our secret if we cannot keep it ourselves? … La Rochefoucauld Armenian Proverb There are many things that, until you learn them, you cannot do; there are also things that, until you do them, you cannot learn. Daffy-nition Mushroom: The place where huskies are trained to pull dog sleds. The Proportionate Body Polycletos, the ancient Greek sculptor, drew up a canon of the proportions of several parts of the human body, as in, twice round the thumb is once round the wrist; twice round the wrist is once round the neck; twice round the neck is once round the waist; once round the fist is the length of the foot; the 2 arms extended is the height of the body; 6 times the length of the foot, or 18 thumbs, is also the height of the body. Again, the thumb, the longest toe, and the nose should all be of the same length. The index finger should measure the breadth of the hand and the foot, and twice the breadth should give the length. The hand, the foot, and the face should all be the same length. The [...]
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