"Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly."

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Source : Tobias Smollett (1806). “Adventures of an Atom. Expedition of Humphrey Clinker”, p.363

Tobias Smollett

#Ignorance Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes #Adopted Quotes

“Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.”
“[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.”
“It is a bizarre thought that in this [U.S. 2008] presidential cycle we could have had a woman in the White House we might have a black man in the White House but if either of them had said they were atheists neither of them would have had a hope in hell.”
“Well, maybe I'm not so emotionally dysfunctional after all.”
“Writing can be bad and still be part of something good. That 'art' is really 'artifact,' Exhibit A, Exhibit B, of something else: a person's whole experience and life. And that always there's the chance that this will fail. That things will not work out.”

Source : Chris Kraus (2000). “Aliens & anorexia”, Semiotext
“if a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too? a sheep eats whatever it finds even a flower with thorn? even a flower with thorns. then what's the good of thorns?”
“Every day is the beginning of your career.”
“Websites promote you 24/7: No employee will do that.”

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