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Letter "V" » varnish
«Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.»
Author: Carrie P. Snow
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Civilization
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coat, fragile, hideously, horrors, just about, underneath, varnish, varnished
«This is the river of the great 19th-century landscapists; of Cole, Cropsey and Church, and at the end of the summer it lies motionless under the haze as under a light coat of varnish.»
Author: Judith Thurman
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coat, cole, End Of The Century, Great River, haze, motionless, The River, varnish, varnished
«Genuine ignorance is... profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.»
Author: John Dewey
(Educator, Philosopher, Psychologist)
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accompanied, cant, canted, canting, cants, catch phrase, coats, conceit, genuine, phrases, profitable, propositions, The Cant, varnish, varnished, waterproof
«People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.»
Author: Stendhal
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People
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dazzle, dazzled, dazzles, dazzling, extreme, intimacy, in evidence, politeness, proportions, regain, regaining, self-conscious, varnish, varnished
«. . . it is a principle of his that no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner. He says, no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.»
«The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, / The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; / The chest contrived a double debt to pay, / A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.»
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
(Dramatist, Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
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chest, chest of drawers, clicked, clicks, double bed, double door, drawer, drawers, nicely, sanded, varnish, varnished
«Culture is one thing and varnish is another.»
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