The First [misconception] Is That Philosophy Itself Will Make You Shrewd And Dangerous, Whereas, In Fact,

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (France 1865-1953) La bourrasque (1897) pastel on paper 38 x 44 cm

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Yukiko Noritake, Jardin d'oiseaux ( Bird Garden)

Weeping Willows by Monet

André Brasilier

“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”

Vincent van Gogh

Arthur Poulin, Starlight #1

Everytime I talk about the the unfair amount of domestic labor that’s placed on women, men usually laugh and say, “Well my wife is the boss! She’s the one calling the shots, we all follow her orders 😅”

Yes you all follow her orders, but the mother is not getting the compensation like a ceo does… she is the overworked store manager first to arrive, last to leave, all responsibility and anything that goes wrong is on her shoulders, everything is planned by her, all events, maintenance, cleaning, children’s school functions, medical records…

You don’t give orders, Sir, because you are the uninvested worker that clocks in and clocks out and doesn’t really give a shit if the building burns down in the meantime, because you know she’ll always be there to pick up everyone’s slack, since the mother is the one that is always blamed for a failing family dynamic

George Hyde Pownall (English, 1876–1932)

As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Enemies: A Love Story