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The essence of style

Posted at 10:48 AM on February 19, 2008 Comments comments (0)

When living in an era, it seems always quite messy and one can not clearly see a line which defines this particular era. Afterwards, however, one can notice the main line of the important things of such an era, the main line in different areas in this period, whether it is a year, a decade, or an age, that does not matter much.

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A daring task

Posted at 10:34 AM on February 19, 2008 Comments comments (0)

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n old days, women of high birth sent out knights on a task with which they could prove their love to her. However, the times have changed, and there are no dragons anymore, no places to be discovered. Thus, there are no daring tasks left anymore. After all, Shutting up your younger brothers is a very c...

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Human snakes

Posted at 08:56 AM on February 07, 2008 Comments comments (0)

Human snakes

Snakes and people; there is a reason why in the books about Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling one of Hogwards school for magic is named Slytherin and has the snake as an emblem.


As I have said before, there is a...

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Aged Seventeen

Posted at 08:43 AM on February 07, 2008 Comments comments (0)

On n'est pas sérieux, quand on a dix-sept ans

Rimbaud, my favourite poet, once bega...

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A great example

Posted at 08:39 AM on February 07, 2008 Comments comments (0)

Almost every great person had an example which he looked up to, and which they tried to follow in their own certain way and yet surpassed it later on. It does not really matter whom it is: a father, a friend, or a hero.

 

However, it is easy to surpass one whom is near you, one whom is close to you...

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An Ideal Queen

Posted at 02:38 PM on January 22, 2008 Comments comments (0)
In earlier posts, I mentioned that I never particularily liked Marie-Antoinette Queen of France and Navarre. It is true that she does not fascinate me much, but there are some things about her which I do like for I believe that there are lessons that can be learned from her life which, in a certain way, something a queen can not do without.

An Ideal Queen - An essay on Marie-Antoin...
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An essay on Ambition

Posted at 12:35 PM on January 22, 2008 Comments comments (0)
This is the first entry of a series of essays in which virtues or certain pieces of fairytales  and history will be connected to reality.

An essay on Ambition:


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Good things come to those whom fight

Posted at 09:25 AM on December 28, 2007 Comments comments (0)

Good things come to those whom fight

marie antoinette

A friend of mine has a fascination for some historical royal women, such as Elizabeth 'Sissi' of Austria, and Maria Antoinette, Quee...

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