Of Paradise Lost: Push Down and Turn,regarding Happiness, Oh,Man!

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Illumin, what is low raise and support;

That to the heighth of this great Argument

I may assert Eternal Providence,

And justifie the wayes of God to men.

Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view

Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause

Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State,

Favour'd of Heav'n so highly , to fall off

From thir Creator , and transgress his Will

For one restraint, Lords of the World besides?

The dismal Situation waste and wild,

A Dungeon horrible, on all sides round

As one great Furnace flam'd, yet from those flames

No light, but rather darkness visible

Serv'd only to discover sights of woe,

Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace

And rest can never dwell, hope never comes

That comes to all; but torture without end

Can else inflict, do I repent or change,

Though chang'd in outward lustre; that fixt mind

And to the fierce contention brought along

Innumerable force to Spirits arm'd

All is not lost; th' unconquerable Will,

And study of revenge, immortal hate,

And courage never to submit or yeld;

And what is else not to be overcome?

Extort from me.To bow and sue for grace

Irreconcileable, to our grand Foe

Who now triumphs, and in th' excess of joy

So spake th' Apostate Angel, though in pain,

Vaunting aloud, but wrackt with deep despair:

Or do his Errands in the gloomy deep;

What can it then avail though yet we feel

Strength undimiminisht, or eternal

being

To undergo eternal punishment?

Excerpts of Paradise Lost (Book I) by

John Milton

To my Mark: When Somebody Loves You

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When somebody loves you, you feel it in your heart
When somebody loves you, you know it from the start
Every kiss becomes more than a kiss
Each look, each touch they mean so much
And that's when you discover how it feels to be a lover

When somebody loves you, it shows in every smile
When somebody loves you, your life becomes worthwhile

Always caring, always sharing everything you do

When somebody loves you like I love you

(When somebody loves you, it shows in every smile)
(When somebody loves you, your life becomes worthwhile)

Always caring, always sharing everything you do

When somebody loves you like I love you

Songwriters: Cahn, Sammy;Van Heusen, Jimmy

Pensamentos Noturnos 10 :Open Emotions

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What do we make of this?

He surely established one pure, emotive truth.

“He came back , was able to tough it out after what seemed like his darkest hours,” Courier said.

Having skills are the envy of many,  rewarded by the  gods for being an open person, for sharing with the world .

. “The thing is, we’re not used to seeing one so vulnerable.”

Toughness, moistened by emotion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/sports/tennis/08araton.html

Of Emotions, Onions and Dinosaurs

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Emotions have a collective existence —
they are not just an individual phenomenon.
said Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis

Like a sincere cry from the swelling, throbbing heart

Tom Jobim: So Tinha DeSer Com Voce

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É, só eu sei, quanto amor eu guardei
Sem saber que era só pra você
É, só tinha que ser com você
Havia de ser pra você
Senão era mais uma dor
Senão não seria o amor
Aquele que a gente não vê
O amor que chegou para dar
O que ninguém deu pra você
O amor que chegou para dar
O que ninguém deu pra você
É, voce que é feito de azul
Me deixa morar neste azul
Me deixa encontrar minha paz
Você que é bonito demais
Se ao menos pudesse saber
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
Que eu sempre fui só de você
Você sempre foi só de mim
YouTube - ELIS REGINA - Só Tinha De Ser Com Você

Victor Pelevin: Who are you, Monstradamus?II

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Monstradamus

Well, I'd say our hosts certainly seem to have a sense of humor.


Romeo-y- Cohyba

I haven't laughed even once yet.


Nutscracker

Monster's right. There is definitely humor in all of this, only that it's infernal humor.Forcing serious people like us to call each other by idiotic names.Dressing us in ancient Greek chitons
and making us sit at these screens. And then the Internet we end up in has about as much to do with the real one as we do with Ancient Greece.

Monstradamus

It's the way you can see these words now.

Umberto Eco : On Ugliness (excerpt)

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In the Middle Ages,James of Vitry (Libri duo,quorum prior Orientalis, sive Hjyerosolimitanae, alter Occidentalis istoria),in praising the Beauty of all the divine works, admitted that probably the Cyclopes, who have only one eye, are amazed by those who have two of them, just as we marvel both at them and at creatures with three eyes...
Centuries later,this was echoed by Voltaire ( in his Philosophical Dictionary)." Ask a toad what beauty is, true beauty, the to kalon.He will tell you that it consists of his mate, with her two fine round eyes protruding from her small head, her broad flat throat, her yellow belly and brown back.

Note:

The kalon is an ancient Greek term for what is good, fine, noble, beautiful. The kalon is not merely an aesthetic ideal, but a moral ideal as well, a guiding principle for correct action: whatever we do, we should do it for the sake of the kalon.