"For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom."

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Source : John Webster, John Russell Brown (1997). “The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster”, p.76, Manchester University Press

John Webster

#Wisdom Quotes #Folly Quotes

“'Feminist comedy,' practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children.”
“The creation of rule is more creative than the destruction of them. Creation demands a higher level of reasoning and draws connections between cause and effect. The best rules are never stable or permanent, but evolve naturally according to context or need.”
“I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate, and glorify the obvious - because the obvious is what people need to be told.”
“The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else's.”
“My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay.”
“Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.”
“Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.”
“Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans' Place Congo- the Calinda the Bamboula the Chacta the Babouille the Conjaille the Juba the Congo and the VooDoo- modernized into the Philly Dog, the Hully Gully, the Funky Chicken, the Popcorn, the Boogaloo and the dance of great American choreographer Buddy Bradley.”

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