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Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is
more) the passion for making them prevail.
Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is
more) the passion for making them prevail.
The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly
the notion of perfection as culture brings us to read more
The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly
the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a
harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of
beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two
noblest of things"--as Swift . . . most happily calls them in his
Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and
light."
Sweet like candy to my soul ~~ Sweet you rock and sweet you roll ~~ Lost for you I’m so read more
Sweet like candy to my soul ~~ Sweet you rock and sweet you roll ~~ Lost for you I’m so lost for you
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.
Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our
hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing read more
Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our
hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two
noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Everye white will have its blacke,
And everye sweete its soure.
Everye white will have its blacke,
And everye sweete its soure.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the read more
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.