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Henri Pruniéres commenting on the music of Claude Debussy: He was the incomparable painter of mystery, silence, and the infinite, of the passing cloud, and the sunlit shimmer of the wavessubleties which none before him had been capable of suggesting. Achille-Claude Debussy		Thursday Nov 21, 2024
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	Theognis
	(c. 570-c. 490 BC) Elegies - Greek elegaic poet of Megara, one of chief gnomic poets.

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Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man. Moderation is best in all things. Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence. One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

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