James Basire’s print of a 16th century painting of Henry VIII’s...

James Basire’s print of a 16th century painting of Henry VIII’s embarkation at Dover, 1520. Painting is in the Royal Collection.

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Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody celebrating out there! May this be a blessed day for you and your family :-)

"The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth" (1914) By Jennie A. Brownscombe

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"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”



- Mary Shelley (via theydontwantustoescape)

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Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an...

Gezicht op Nieuw Amsterdam by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.

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The Hyperian Fountain at Pherae, 1821.

The Hyperian Fountain at Pherae, 1821.

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"The artist is the creator of beautiful things. Thought and language are to the artist instruments of..."

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The artist is the creator of beautiful things. Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art. Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.

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Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Preface

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"Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end."

“Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.”



- Walter Pater (1839-1894), on the importance of living for the moment.

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