Saturday, April 18, 2009

Thought for the day ...

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.
- François Mauriac

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  1. Anonymous8:04 AM

    Most owners only occupy a sub-stairway store-cupboard..

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  2. It's rare, Georgy, to encounter someone who makes Mauriac seem optimistic. Which is not say you may not be right.

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  3. Anonymous8:31 AM

    I thought I was being optimistic myself. I was going to say that men resemble the Potala Palace: the owner is in exile and foreign invaders have turned his rooms into a museum

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  4. Now that is very interesting observation. Many people I encounter seem to have turned themselves into storage space for information and ideas they think they may want to get around to considering some day.

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  5. Anonymous1:39 PM

    ...vessels of an ideology they haven't got around to questioning yet...corrupted hard-drives in human form....
    I could go on, but would rather shelter under the illusion that things aren't as bad as they seem...

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