Category Archives: Literature

“It never did me any harm”

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  8 October 2012 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and break them in … Continue reading →

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Herds or nerds

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Why be happy?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   11 September 2012   “We have a proverb in Urdu:  ‘What does unhappiness matter when we … Continue reading →

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Liars

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    7 July 2012 I The London Institute of Applied Research Science (L.I.A.R.S. for short) has … Continue reading →

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Shunning the rat race

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   3 July 2012 “I’m a failure,” he murmured, “I’m unfit for the brutality of the struggle … Continue reading →

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Ars longa

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    25 June 2012 Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ … Continue reading →

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Paris vaut bien une messe

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    Paris, 11 June 2012 There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of … Continue reading →

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Perfection

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    3 June 2012 A perfect thing is perfect, whatever its dimensions. André Maurois (1885-1967). French … Continue reading →

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Viator infelix

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Rome, 27 May 2012 The self-doubting, personally insecure, English poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) was an unhappy tourist in Rome in 1849. Like most educated Victorians, Clough was very much preoccupied by religion, which to him and his contemporaries meant … Continue reading →

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Nihil sub sole novum

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   21 May 2012 Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi. Whatever mad acts their rulers perpetrate, it is … Continue reading →

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