"Passing beauties are only the fugitive reflectios of the eternal."

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Eliphas Levi

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“There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.”
“The whole analogy of natural operations furnishes so complete and crushing an argument against the intervention of any but what are termed secondary causes, in the production of all the phenomena of the universe; that, in view of the intimate relations between Man and the rest of the living world; and between the forces exerted by the latter and all other forces, I can see no excuse for doubting that all are co-ordinated terms of Nature's great progression, from the formless to the formed from the inorganic to the organic from blind force to conscious intellect and will.”
“For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.”
“A code of behavior is an inevitable part of life in any community, and if we hadn't inherited ours, we should have had to invent one.”

Source : Millicent Fenwick (1948). “Vogue's book of etiquette: a complete guide to traditional forms and modern usage”
“The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)”
“Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.”
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
“The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.”

Source : "Melanie Fiona Talks New Album, Whitney Houston And Starting Her Clothing Line". Interview with Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.

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