"Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect."

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Source : Mary Elizabeth Braddon (2016). “The Cloven Foot”, p.43, Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

#Paris Quotes #Intellect Quotes

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
“You know, I really don't think you learn from teachers. You learn from work. I think what you learn, really, is how to be- you have to be your own toughest critic, and you only learn that from work, from seeing work.”
“One God idea is worth more than a thousand good ideas.”
“Cricket is a game full or forlorn hopes and sudden dramatic changes of fortune and its rules are so ill-defined that their interpretation is partly an ethical business.”
“Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.”
“I don't mind if smiles come at my expense, I'm a small price to pay.”
“Suspend for a moment your disbelief and encounter once again the sense of wonder you knew when there was... magic!”
“We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun.”

Source : Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.3, Bread and Circuses Publishing

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