A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Showing posts with label CONDUCT OF LIFE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CONDUCT OF LIFE. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Quote of the Day (Ralph Waldo Emerson, on Culture)

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“Culture opens the sense of beauty.” — American philosopher, essayist, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), “ Culture ,” in Conduc...
Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Quote of the Day (Ralph Waldo Emerson, on Manners)

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“Manners require time, as nothing is more vulgar than haste.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Behavior,” in The Conduct of Life (1860)
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MikeT
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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