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Monthly Archives: December 2011

You cannot be truly free with your opinion…

You cannot be truly free with your opinion if you have a specialty. via You cannot be truly… | Facebook.

You cannot be truly…

You cannot be truly free if you have a specialty. via You cannot be truly… | Facebook.

My best gift in years…

My best gift in years I got from Belles Lettres- a BIG event: Erasmus’ lecture notes & collection of aphorisms/proverbs from classical litterature. The distillation of knowledge and wisdom by one of the three most learned men in history. Dwarfs much of the bookstore shelves… http://www.lesbelleslettres.com/livre/?GCOI=22510100184530 Les Adages www.lesbelleslettres.com Les Adages. Une première mondiale, l’édition […]

Friendship is fragile

Friendship is fragile; kinship is robust; attraction is antifragile via Friendship is… | Facebook.

Friends, there is a Levantine expression…

Friends, there is a Levantine expression Mi7in محن diacritical sukun or weak kasra over the 7 ح not to be confused with the Arabic Mi7an محن with a diacritical kasra under the mim and fat7a over the 7. I know no equivalent in English or French. It seems to include “affected”, “with attitude”, “folly with […]