historical-nonfiction:

  • His maid one day found him in his kitchen, holding an egg and boiling his watch.
  • His nephew noted, “At some seldom times when he designed to dine in the hall, would turn to the left hand [rather than going straight], and go out into the street, where making a stop, when he found his mistake, he…

(Source: futilitycloset.com)

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brazilwonders:

Brasília - Distrito Federal (by rick ligthelm)

brazilwonders:

Brasília - Distrito Federal (by rick ligthelm)

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brazilwonders:

Ilha de Paquetá - Rio de Janeiro (by Henrique Felippe)

brazilwonders:

Ilha de Paquetá - Rio de Janeiro (by Henrique Felippe)

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To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
Robert Schumann (via thecultofgenius)

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deadpaint:

Lowell Birge Harrison, Fifth Avenue at Twilight

deadpaint:

Lowell Birge Harrison, Fifth Avenue at Twilight

(Source: welovepaintings)

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visual-poetry:

by ivan chermayeff and tom geismar
(via emma-king)

visual-poetry:

by ivan chermayeff and tom geismar

(via emma-king)

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