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  South Carolina Loves Leroy Gingrich
  "The ...man who wants the government to adopt ... his ideas is always the ... man whose ideas are idiotic." –H.L. Mencken, “The Divine Afflatus” (1917).
  by mineeyeshaveseen / on Jan 22, 2012

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• Nietzsche and Perspectivism

  
  Slow Muse — Authority: 102
  Illustration by Joon Mo Kang (New York Times) In John Logan ‘s play Red , one of the first topics discussed by the painter with his studio assistant is The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche . While Rothko waxes rhapsodic about the profundity of the ideas in the book he also takes time to brow beat his ...
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• The Theory of Hurt Sentiments

  
  Aristotle The Geek — Authority: 85
  “Hurt sentiments” are a strange thing. X decides he does not like what Y has written, or said, or done, and then goes to court about it. It’s not as if he was thrashed by Y; more like he thrashed himself and then held Y responsible for his own actions. The idea of libel/slander/defamation, and (nearly) all ...
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• Cellar Door

  
  That Voice Again — Authority: 114
  The English compound noun cellar door (especially in its British pronunciation of /sɛləˈdɔə/) is commonly used as an example of a word or phrase which is beautiful in terms of phonaesthetics (sound) with no regard for semantics (meaning). It has been variously presented either as merely one beautiful instance of ...
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• Sicily And Malta, A Political Odyssey

  
  Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State — Authority: 107
  “It’s not what you known that counts. It’s not even who you know that counts. It’s what you got on who you know that counts.” -- Sicilian saying It may be possible that there is a Sicilian crouching in the soul of every journalist worth his ink. My recommendation for people who travel is to allow for a ...
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• Mencken, H.L. -- Notes on Democracy, 1.8 (1926)

  
  WIST — Authority: 122
  The finest fruits of human progress, like all of the nobler virtues of man, are the exclusive possession of small minorities, chiefly unpopular and disreputable. H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken] Notes on Democracy , 1.8 (1926)
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