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Some words of wisdom from Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third president of the United States, to guide us through another week.
To victory!
#wisdom #president #thomas #jefferson
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POV: You weren't looking for the Pietà, but it found you anyway.
📍 Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, #Orvieto.
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Jun 13
Η τύχη δεν είναι με το μέρος των λιπόψυχων
(Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted).
Sophocles.
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Jun 12
One of the guys was domineering and genteel, the other; clumsy and childlike.
A hundred years ago, Laurel and Hardy were peak comedy.
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Calliope, Muse of epic poetry and eloquence, is universally recognized as the eldest, greatest and most authoritative of all Greek mythology's Muses.
She was believed to walk alongside kings and also was famously the mother of legendary musician Orpheus.
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Jun 11
The library of Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill 🧵
If you want to become a great man, you must read like the great men.
In this thread, I'll be sharing selections from the library of the Bull Moose.
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Jun 10
Knowledge is beautiful. And sacred.
📍 Stiftsbezirk St. Gallen (Abbey library of Saint Gall) @ #Switzerland.
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Jun 10
Rejecting soulless architecture is not enough.
We must abolish it.
📍 Sala di Saturno, Palazzo Pitti @ Florence, #Italy.
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Jun 10
Luís de Camões, one of the greatest names in the Western Canon, died on this day in 1580.
I also wish a very happy Portugal Day to all my compatriots here 🇵🇹
And if you haven't read The Lusiads yet, today's the perfect day to pick it up.
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Jun 9
En kentaur, der leger med sin søn (A centaur playing with his son).
Otto Bache, 1867 AD.
#fine #art #painting #mythology
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L’admiratrice du Japon (The admirer of Japan).
Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, circa 1865 AD.
#fine #art #orientalist #painting
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Some words of wisdom from Epicurus, ancient Greek philosopher, to guide us through another week. To victory!
#wisdom #philosopher #epicurus
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POV: You are greeted by angels whilst searching for the Divine.
📍 Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola @ #Rome.
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Jun 5
American actress Lillian Russell in the Bijou Opera House production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience. Photographed in 1882.
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Greek mythology's healer Asclepius had the power to resurrect the dead.
His skills brought many figures back to life, including Hippolytus, Tyndareus and Glaucus.
Sadly, because this violated life's natural order, Zeus struck him down with a lightning bolt as per Hades request.
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Mantel clock, crafted by Jean-André and Jean-Baptiste Lepaute, 1764 AD.
Described as "Pendule Uranie" (pendulum clock), it features a figure
of Urania, Muse of Astronomy.
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