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Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really is my enemy, that I am free to marry a woman when in fact she is my mother, that this person is a chambermaid when it is a young nobleman in disguise, that this well-dressed young man is rich when he is really a penniless adventurer, or that if I do this such and such a result will follow when in fact it results in something very different. All good drama has two movements, first the making of the mistake, then the discovery that it was a mistake. ↗
The foolish of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of god is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that may not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath choses the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And bade things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are. ↗
I ask not for riches or glory, not even the glory of Heaven - that belongs by right to my brothers the Angels and Saints, and my own glory shall be the radiance that streams from the queenly brow of my Mother, the Church. Nay, I ask for Love. To love Thee, Jesus, is now my only desire. Great deeds are not for me; I cannot preach the Gospel or shed my blood. No matter! My brothers work in my stead, and I, a little child, stay close to the throne, and love Thee for all who are in the strife. But how shall I show my love, since love proves itself by deeds? Well! The little child will strew flowers...she will embrace the Divine Throne with their fragrance, she will sing Love's Canticle in silvery tones. Yes, my Beloved, it is thus my short life shall be spent in Thy sight. The only way I have of proving my love is to strew flowers before Thee - that is to say, I will let no tiny sacrifice pass, no look, no word. I wish to profit by the smallest actions, and to do them for Love. I wish to suffer for Love's sake, and for Love's sake even to rejoice: thus shall I strew flowers. ↗
Чтобы смягчить удар, мне сообщили доверительно, что я даже могу поднять процент евреев, иногда могу нанимать инвалидов, если те еще на что-то способны, то есть могу делать кое-что из того, что противоречит негласному кодексу. Я был в таком бешенстве, что принимал абы кого; принял бы мустангов и горилл, если бы сумел вдохнуть в них хоть чуточку смекалки, совершенно необходимой для доставки телеграмм. Еще несколько дней назад к закрытию оставалось не больше пяти-шести вакансий. Теперь -- три, четыре, пять сотен, они убегали, как песок между пальцев. Просто удивительно. Я сидел и без лишних вопросов брал всех подчистую: ниггеров, евреев, паралитиков, инвалидов, судимых, проституток, маньяков, извращенцев, идиотов, всех сучьих ублюдков, способных держаться на двух ногах и удержать в руке телеграмму. Управляющие в сто одном нашем филиале были при смерти. Я смеялся. Я смеялся все дни напролет при мысли о том, какое вонючее варево из всего этого приготовил. Жалобы лились рекой из всех частей города. Сервис был искалечен, приперт, задушен. Мул управился бы проворней некоторых наших идиотов, поставленных мною в упряжку. ↗
Не жалею, не зову, не плачу, Все пройдет, как с белых яблонь дым. Увяданья золотом охваченный, Я не буду больше молодым. Ты теперь не так уж будешь биться, Сердце, тронутое холодком, И страна березового ситца Не заманит шляться босиком. Дух бродяжий! ты все реже, реже Расшевеливаешь пламень уст О, моя утраченная свежесть, Буйство глаз и половодье чувств! Я теперь скупее стал в желаньях, Жизнь моя, иль ты приснилась мне? Словно я весенней гулкой ранью Проскакал на розовом коне. Все мы, все мы в этом мире тленны, Тихо льется с кленов листьев медь... Будь же ты вовек благословенно, Что пришло процвесть и умереть. ↗
The full moon was rising, looking huge and pale, the black spots appearing like a wise man smiling. The moon followed me while houses, cars, lands and trees disappeared blindly onto the tracks. It seemed like a very slow moon, considering the landscapes beneath it were constantly disappearing. ↗
Feeling inspired, I grabbed one of Jay’s cookbooks from the kitchen shelf and flicked through until I found a recipe for something I recognised. Lasagna. That was just pasta, and pasta was easy, right? Trying not to be put off by the list of ingredients longer than my small intestine, I scanned the instructions. Chop onions… I could do that. Brown mince…trickier but manageable. Probably. Make a roux in the usual way… I sighed, shut the book with a snap and went off to make dinner in my usual way: pierce film; bung in microwave; wait for bell. ↗
More we know more we know our ignorance. Darkness can be perceived with the help of light. Facts are stranger than fiction. Have you ever thought why there are many religions and there is only one science on the Earth? Devotees of different religions follow different customs, rituals, prayers, attributes of gods, etc. Each religion has many sects; these sects are further divided as per the geographical locations of the devotees. Thus, religious concepts of different people are altogether different. For example, people of one religion sacrifice animals to appease their gods; whereas, people of other religion appease their gods through the service of those animals. To take another example, the idol worship is core of one religion; whereas, the other religion has imposed a taboo over idol worship. One can say that this discrepancy among religions is due to the fact that religions originated in different geographical locations. Not only religions, science was also conceived by the scientists of diverse origin. However, all those unconnected scientists discovered exactly similar scientific principles. Have you ever heard Indian science, British science, or American science? All over the world, many pioneer scientists discovered their principles and later other scientists attested those. If some principle was found incorrect, soon its inventor accepted the truth. There is one concrete reason behind existence of many religious concepts and only one science on the Earth. About one thing or concept, there is only one truth but there can be many lies. ↗
All errour is prejudicial: it is by deceiving himself that man is plunged in misery. He neglected Nature; he understood not her laws; he formed gods of the most preposterous kinds: these became the sole objects of his hope, the creatures of his fear, and he trembled under these visionary deities; under the supposed influence of imaginary beings created by himself; under the terrour inspired by blocks of stone; by logs of wood; by flying fish; or else under the frowns of men, mortal as himself, whom his distempered fancy had elevated above that Nature of which alone he is capable of forming any idea. ↗
