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"He had that supreme elegance of being, quite simply, what he was."

-C. Albaret describing Marcel Proust

Style, chic, presence, sex appeal: whatever you call it, you can discuss it here.
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NJS

Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:11 pm

When the heart flies out before the understanding it saves the judgement a world of pains.
Laurence Sterne (A Sentimental Journey).
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:45 pm

"You do not create style. You work, and develop yourself; your style is an emanation from your own being."
Katherine Anne Porter
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:40 am

"Le style est l'homme même"
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:56 am

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:28 am

There is living proof that Charles Baudelaire is wrong, but it is a funny one:
The only true death of dandyism is fatherhood.
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NJS

Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:58 am

davidhuh wrote:There is living proof that Charles Baudelaire is wrong, but it is a funny one:
The only true death of dandyism is fatherhood.
Just think: a pram in the hall!
Simon Raven.
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:42 pm

Image

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Matt. 24:11
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Gruto

Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:05 pm

alden wrote:Image

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Matt. 24:11
Ha, ha :D

The source is here by the way: http://www.the-journal-of-style.com/201 ... et-shorts/
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NJS

Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:31 pm

Quite coincidentally:
'Quality is no accident. It is the result of intelligent effort.'
John Ruskin; taken up, as the company slogan, by Sir Thomas Lipton, of Lipton teas.
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:32 pm

Not even Matthew could have had this vision... :shock:
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NJS

Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:43 pm

Costi wrote:Not even Matthew could have had this vision... :shock:
Surely, though, Saintly apparitions are different and, as they say, 'a prophet is never recognized in his own country'. However the top half looks as though it is going for a picnic in a (mercifully) isolated location and the lower half looks as though it is about to pull its trousers and shoes on.
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:46 pm

Matt. 7:16
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NJS

Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:55 pm

Costi - that's really strange as I am just proof-reading a piece that refers to that, in relation to a Christian missionary!
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Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:46 pm

Pleading guilty to mind reading :wink:
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NJS

Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:02 am

Costi wrote:Pleading guilty to mind reading :wink:
That's quite all right: just so long as you don't start wearing just your underpants, lederhosen, bedsocks or slippers in the street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuQkZD3F2EQ
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