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perversities
«To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals -- and critics of the Women's Movement.»
Author: Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
| Keywords:
addressing, aspects, husbands, indulged, intellectuals, manageable, perversities, perversity, simpler, The Women, trivial
«Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.»
Author: Marcel Proust
(Author, Novelist)
| Keywords:
affectionate, affirm, display, extraordinarily, In the Garden, occupations, perversities, perversity, suave, supple
«Perversity is the muse of modern literature»
Author: Susan Sontag
(Activist, Critic, Writer)
| About:
Literature
| Keywords:
literature, modern, muse, mused, Muses, musing, perversities, perversity
«National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks at other nations, and all are right.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
baseness, littleness, perversities, perversity, take in
«In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
absurdity, brief, dominion, dominions, Masters, periods, perversities, perversity, sphere, suspend, suspended, suspending, suspends, The Masters
