Four-leaf Clover

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Four-leaf Clover

Paris
Snow
White
Ebony
Ébano

Black&White

 

 

Romans 12:1
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

 

GABRIEL, PETIT TRIANON, VERSAILLES 

 "What is civilisation? I don't know. I can't define it in abstract terms - yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it; and I am looking at it now. Ruskin said: 'Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books.can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.' On the whole I think this is true. Writers and politicians may come out with all sorts of edifying sentiments, but they are what is known as declarations of intent. If I had to say which was telling the truth about society, a speech by a Minister of Housing or the actual buildings put up in his time, I should believe the buildings."~~~Kenneth Clark: CIVILISATION Ch1 The Skin of Our Teeth. 

 

 

Watteau, Gilles 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enigmatic Intellect: Cleopatra's Multifaceted Mastery of Language and Learning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Vue du château de Versailles depuis le parc

 

Chess: "Paris" "Snow" "White" "Ebony" "Ébano" "Black and White" "Four-leaf Clover"