“I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.” PeopleMayMeanCountryHouseLeftPresidentJusticeStruggleGreaterLandStrangeHusbandPortionsResentmentElegantMansionsIowaGood HusbandMartyredRoving Author:Mary Todd Lincoln
“It's disheartening that animal people criticize societies that enlist the help of actors or organize creative acts like 'I'd rather go naked than wear fur,' to increase public awareness to our cause. These are great/courageous ideas which time has come! Liberation of animals is REVOLUTION - not elegant performance/ intellectual competition. We should do most anything to advance the animal rights cause. All the bickering may make the one step forward... TWO STEPS BACKWARD???” PeopleShouldMayTwoIdeasHelpingActorsCausesAnimalStepsCreativeRightsAwarenessRevolutionIntellectualPerformancesIncreaseCompetitionNakedLiberationCourageousCriticizeAnimal RightsOrganizeElegantFurSteps ForwardBickeringDisheartening Author:Adela Popescu
“Philosophers and aestheticians may offer elegant and profound definitions of art and beauty, but for the painter they are all summed up in the phrase: To create a harmony.” MayArtOffersHarmonyProfoundDefinitionsPhilosopherPainterPhrasesElegant Author:Gino Severini
“There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.” GivingShouldMindWellsMayReasonBodyFallWalksQualitySunWifeWitFormerDesertGuidanceLatterSteadyFlashLightningElegantMistressBeamPitfallsQuagmire Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“Virgil, above all poets, had a stock which I may call almost inexhaustible, of figurative, elegant, and sounding words.” MayPoetElegant Book:Virgil: the Eclogues Source: Virgil: the Eclogues