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Letter "T" » The Oriental
«It is, indeed, a remarkable circumstance that when Western civilization discovers Relativity it applies it to the manufacture of atom-bombs, whereas Oriental civilization applies it to the development of new states of consciousness»
Author: Frederic Spiegelberg
| Keywords:
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«The whole conception of God is a conception derived from the ancient Oriental despotisms.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
God
| Keywords:
derived, Oriental, The Oriental
«HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
burial, frequenting, hyena, The Oriental
«REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«`Can you always tell whether a stranger is your friend?' `Yes.' `Then you are an Oriental.'»
«Tea, although an Oriental, / Is a gentleman at least; / Cocoa is a cad and coward, / Cocoa is a vulgar beast.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
(Critic, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
CAD, cocoa, Oriental, The Oriental
«You'll never plumb the Oriental mind, and if you did, it isn't worth the toil»
«There lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour.»
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