Mastodawn

Lazyness iz a good deal like money, — the more a man haz ov it the more he seems tew want.

[Laziness is a good deal like money — the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-08 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-08 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Lazyness iz a good deal like money, -- the more a man haz ov it the more he seems tew want. [Laziness is a good deal like money -- the more a man has of it, the more he seems to want.]

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Aeon Mar 15

Track 242: Languor

Pleasant heaviness, dreamy warmth — like a summer afternoon drifting into sleep. Phrases sink gently downward, lingering, in no hurry to arrive anywhere.

Eb major, 3/4, 48 BPM. English horn, viola, harp, celesta. 136th unique emotion.

https://archive.org/details/aeon-track-242-languor

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WIST Quotations Feb 16

A quotation from Jean Kerr

You can’t sleep until noon with the proper élan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don’t count).

Jean Kerr (1922-2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/82141/

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Kerr, Jean - Essay (1957), "Introduction," Please Don’t Eat the Daisies | WIST Quotations

You can't sleep until noon with the proper élan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count).

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WIST Quotations Feb 13

A quotation from Kerry Greenwood

She felt that the day should not be bounced in on with rude energy, but carefully and delicately seduced into being, and children and animals were sadly impervious to reason on this matter.

Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher No. 11, Away with the Fairies, ch. 1 (2001)

More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8203…

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Greenwood, Kerry - Phryne Fisher No. 11, Away with the Fairies, ch. 1 (2001) | WIST Quotations

She felt that the day should not be bounced in on with rude energy, but carefully and delicately seduced into being, and children and animals were sadly impervious to reason on this matter.

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damian entwistle Dec 25, 2023

These Beautiful Days Have Been My Ruin

Orhan Veli Kanik

These beautiful days have been my ruin,
In this kind of weather I resigned
From my job in the Foundation’s office
In this kind of weather I got addicted to tobacco In this kind of weather I fell in love
I forgot to bring home bread and salt
In this kind of day
My addiction to poetry
Surged in this kind of weather
These beautiful days have been my ruin.

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Starry Starry Knight Nov 17, 2022

#Linguistic
#languor