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Sunday, October 08, 2006

An excellent new word, found on "Laudator Temporis Acti"

From Dr. Johnson's Dictionary:
Seeksorrow: "One who contrives to give himself vexation."
The whole post is good. I adore Samuel Johnson. He was the man for me.
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1 Comments:

At 10:23 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you for that link, Jane. This Johnson quote (from the site) rings so true for me:

*snip*
"As any action or posture long continued, will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application of the same set of ideas."
*snip*

"Get with the program?" ???!

"Open up your cells and let go!":
Firesign Theater

 

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