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PHONIES --- PHOTOGRAPHS/PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICIANS --- PHYSICS

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PHONIES

see: "APPEARANCE"
see: "BE YOURSELF"
see: "HYPOCRISY"
see: "DECEPTION" for other related links


It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that
shed tears when they would devour.
--Francis Bacon (1561—1626)
English philosopher and essayist.
_Essays_ [1625] "Of Wisdom for a Man's Self"

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars;
General good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer.
--William Blake (1757—1827)
English poet.
"Jerusalem" ch. 3, plate 55, l. 60 [1815]

I have no respect for that self-boasting charity which neglects all
objects of commiseration near and around it, but goes to the end
of the earth in search of misery, for the purpose of talking about
it.
--Lewis Cass (1782—1866)
American military officer and politician.
Speech in U.S. Senate [23 December 1852].

Behavior which appears superficially correct, but is
intrinsically corrupt, always irritates those who see
below the surface.
--James Bryant Conant (1893—1978)
American chemist, educational administrator, and professor.
Baccalaureate Address, Harvard College [1934].

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Affectation proceeds from one of these two causes,— vanity or
hypocrisy; for as vanity puts us on affecting false characters, in
order to purchase applause; so hypocrisy sets us on an endeavor
to avoid censure, by concealing our vices under an appearance
of their opposite virtues.
--Henry Fielding (1707—1754)
English novelist and dramatist.
_The Adventures of Joseph Andrews_ [1742] "Author's Preface"


Great vices are the proper objects of our detestation, smaller
faults of our pity, but affectation appears to me the only true
source of the Ridiculous.
--Henry Fielding (1707—1754)
English novelist and dramatist.
_The Adventures of Joseph Andrews_ [1742] "Author's Preface"

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Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.
--W. S. Gilbert (1836—1911)
English writer of comic and satirical verse.
_H.M.S. Pinafore_, act 2 [1878]

No man, for any considerable period, can
wear one face to himself, and another to
the multitude, without finally getting
bewildered as to which may be the true.
--Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864)
American novelist and short-story writer.
_The Scarlet Letter_ [1850]

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Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd.
--Homer (c. 850? BC)
Greek epic poet.
_The Iliad_, bk. I [c. 800 B.C.]


Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is the
man who hides one thing in his heart and
speaks another.
--Homer (c. 850? BC)
Greek epic poet.
_The Iliad_, bk. IX [c. 800 B.C.]

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Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy
as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities, which
we might with innocence and safety, be known to want.
Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy; affectation
part of the chosen trappings of folly.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_The Rambler_ (English twice-weekly journal 1750—1752), #20 [26 May 1750]


Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display
qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause
which he cannot keep.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_The Rambler_ (English twice-weekly journal 1750-1752), #189


He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is
endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in
malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.
--Samuel Johnson (1709—1784)
English poet, critic, and lexicographer.
_The Idler_ [1758—1760] (essays in the newspaper
"The Universal Chronicle") [7 October 1758]

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The qualities we have do not make us so ridiculous
as those which we affect to have.
[Fr., On n'est jamais si ridicule par les qualites que
l'on a que par celles que l'on affecte d'avoir.]
--Franηois de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680)
French classical author.
_Maxims_ [1665] # 134

There is a pleasure in affecting affectation.
--Charles Lamb (1775—1834)
English essayist.
"On Books and Reading" in _The London Magazine_ [July 1822].

Affectation endeavours to correct natural defects,
and has always the laudable aim of pleasing,
though it always misses it.
--John Locke (1632—1704)
English political and educational philosopher.
Attributed in _Encyclopaedia Londinensis_, vol XII [1814].

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he
knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
--H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (1880—1956)
American journalist and literary critic.
_Notes on Democracy_ [1926]

This world is all a fleeting show,
For man's illusion given;
The smiles of joy, the tears of woe,
Deceitful shine, deceitful flow,
There's nothing true but Heaven.
--Thomas Moore (1779—1852)
Irish poet, satirist, composer, and musician.
"This World Is All a Fleeting Show" in _Sacred Songs_ [1816].

The tears that are shed for fictitious sorrow
are admirably adapted to make us proud of
all the virtues which we do not possess.
--Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778)
French philosopher and novelist.
In Mary Wollstonecraft _A Vindication of the Rights of Men_ [1790].

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All that glisters is not gold.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_The Merchant of Venice_, II, vii [1596-98]


The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_Hamlet_, II, ii [1601]


God hath given you one face, and
you make yourselves another.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_Hamlet_, III, i [1601]


To show an unfelt sorrow is an office
Which the false man does easy.
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_Macbeth_, II, ii [1606]


Dissembling courtesy! How fine this tyrant
Can tickle where she wounds!
--William Shakespeare (1564—1616)
English dramatist.
_Cymbeline_, I, ii [c. 1611]

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affectation [af-ek-TAY-shuhn], noun:
1. an artificial way of talking or behaving put on to impress others; pretense.
2. an unnatural action, expression, or trait that indicates artificiality.

claptrap (noun) ['klζp-trζp]
Pretentious, insincere speech designed to gain applause;
a trick or phrase designed to capture praise.
Suggested Usage: Remember, claptrap is not just drivel,
but drivel designed to stimulate a positive response.

ersatz [UR-sats], adjective:
Being a substitute or imitation, usually an inferior one.

factitious [fak-TISH-uhs], adjective:
1. Produced artificially, in distinction from what
is produced by nature.
2. Artificial; not authentic or genuine; sham.

histrionic [his-tree-ON-ik], adjective:
1. Of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater;
befitting a theater; theatrical.
2. Overly dramatic; deliberately affected.

obsequious (adj.) [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
Dutifully compliant, servile, fawningly sycophantic,
overly zealous to please or worm one's way into
the affection of others.

smarmy (adj.) ['smah[r]-mi]
Extremely though insincerely polite and solicitous;
ingratiating if not unctuous; transparently currying
favor.

soi-disant [adj. [swah-dee-ZAHN]
Someone who is soi-disant is claiming a role, occupation,
or status for themselves. The term is a derogatory description
of someone who may not be entitled to make such a claim.

spurious (adj.) ['spyoo r-ee-uh s]
False, counterfeit, not genuine, inauthentic.

supposititious [suh-poz-uh-TISH-uhs], adjective:
1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being
what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit.
2. Hypothetical; supposed.

sycophant [SIK-uh-fuhnt], noun:
A person who seeks favor by flattering people
of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady.

unctuous [UNGK-choo-us], adjective:
1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment;
fatty; oily; greasy.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner
or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
Synonyms: oleaginous, buttery, fulsome, smarmy, oily.




PHOTOGRAPHS/PHOTOGRAPHY

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see: "MEMORIES" for related links


When words become unclear, I shall focus with
photographs. When images become inadequate,
I shall be content with silence.
--Ansel Easton Adams (1902—1984)
American photographer.
In James R. Miller _Visions from Earth_, p. 10 [2004].

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One picture is worth a thousand words.
--Fred R. Barnard, _Printer's Ink_ [10 March 1927],
(p. 114). He called it a Chinese Proverb so that people
would take it seriously. Bartlett's credits this information
to: Barton Stevenson, ed., _The Home Book of Proverbs,
Maxims, and Familiar Phrases_, 1948.

& see:

One picture is worth ten thousand words.
--"Washington Post" [26 July 1925]

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My dearest Miss Mitford, do you know anything about that
wonderful invention of the day, called the Daguerreotype? —
that is, have you seen any portraits produced by means of it?
Think of a man sitting down in the sun and leaving his facsimile
in all its full completion of outline and shadow, steadfast on a
plate, at the end of a minute and a half! The Mesmeric
disembodiment of spirits strikes me as a degree less marvellous.
And several of these wonderful portraits ... like engravings
— only exquisite and delicate beyond the work of the engraver
— have I seen lately — longing to have such a memorial of
every Being dear to me in the world. It is not merely the likeness
which is previous in such cases — but the association, and the
sense of nearness involved in the thing ... the face of the very
shadow of the person lying there fixed for ever! It is the very
sanctification of portraits I think — and it is not at all monstrous
in me to say what my brothers cry out against so vehemently ...
that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved,
than the noblest Artist's work ever produced.
--Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806—1861)
English poet.
Letter to Mary Russell Mitford [7 December 1843].

A photograph never grows old. You and I change,
people change all through the months and years,
but a photograph always remains the same. How
nice to look at a photograph of mother or father
taken many years ago. You see them as you
remember them. But as people live on, they
change completely. That is why I think a
photograph can be kind.
--Albert Einstein (1879—1955)
German-American physicist.
Quoted in Alan Windsor Richards _Einstein As I Knew Him_ [1979].

Your library is your portrait.
--Holbrook Jackson (1874—1948)
British journalist, writer, and publisher.
_Maxims of Books and Reading_, ch. 13 [1934]

An American friend of mine, a cultured gentleman,
who loved poetry well enough for its own sake, told
me that he had obtained a more correct and more
satisfying idea of the Lake District from an eighteen
penny book of photographic views than from all the
works of Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth put
together. I also remember his saying concerning
this subject of scenery in literature, that he would
thank an author as much for writing an eloquent
description of what he had just had for dinner.
--Jerome K Jerome (1859—1927)
English novelist and playwright.
_Three Men on the Bummel_ [1900]

Photography takes an instant out of
time, altering life by holding it still.
--Dorothea Lange (1895—1965)
American documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Quoted in Angela Faris Belt
_The Elements of Photography_, p. 212 [2008].

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'Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in
the world,' AP photojournalist Eddie Adams once
wrote. A fitting quote for Adams, because his 1968
photograph of an officer shooting a handcuffed prisoner
in the head at point-blank range not only earned him
a Pulitzer Prize in 1969, but also went a long way
toward souring Americans' attitudes about the
Vietnam War.

For all the image's political impact, though, the
situation wasn't as black-and-white as it's
rendered. What Adams' photograph doesn't reveal
is that the man being shot was the captain of a
Vietcong "revenge squad" that had executed dozens
of unarmed civilians earlier the same day.

Regardless, it instantly became an icon of the war's
savagery and made the official pulling the trigger —
General Nguyen Ngoc Loan — its iconic villain.
Sadly, the photograph's legacy would haunt Loan
for the rest of his life.

Following the war, he was reviled wherever he went.
After an Australian VA hospital refused to treat
him, he was transferred to the United States, where
he was met with a massive (though unsuccessful)
campaign to deport him.

He eventually settled in Virginia and opened a
restaurant but was forced to close it down as soon
as his past caught up with him. Vandals scrawled
'We know who you are' on his walls, and business
dried up.

Adams felt so bad for Loan that he apologized for
having taken the photo at all, admitting, 'The
general killed the Vietcong; I killed the general
with my camera.'

--Ransom Riggs
_Mental Floss Magazine_ [Jan/Feb 2007],
"13 Photographs That Changed The World: #4: The
Photograph That Ended A War But Ruined A Life"

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Time it was, and what a time it was,
It was, a time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago, it must be,
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories,
They're all that's left you.
--Paul Simon (b. 1941)
American singer and songwriter.
_Bookends Theme_ [1967]


Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors
Gives us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah!
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
So momma, don't take my Kodachrome away...
--Paul Simon (b. 1941)
American singer and songwriter.
"Kodachrome" [1973 song]

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I needed no friends now. ... Sundays my camera and I would
take long car-rides into the country — always alone, and the
nights were spent feverishly developing my plates in some
makeshift darkroom ... and then the first print I made from
my first 5 x 7 negative — a snow scene — the tightening —
choking sensation in my throat — the blinding tears in my
eyes when I realize that a "picture" had really been conceived
— and how I danced for joy into my father's office. Months
of happiness followed.
--Edward Weston (1886—1958)
American photographer.
Quoted in Richard H Cravens _Edward Weston_ [1988].




PHYSICIANS

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see: "HEALTH" for related links


He is the best physician that knows the
worthlessness of the most medicines.
--Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790)
American politician, inventor, and scientist.
Poor Richard's Almanack [1733]

Medicine is not merely a science but an art.
The character of the physician may act more
powerfully upon the patient than the drugs
employed.
--Paracelsus [Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim] (1493—1541)
Swiss alchemist, physician, and astrologer.
_Archidoxes of Magic_

Labor and abstinence are two of the best physicians in the world.
--attributed to Thomas Tryon (1634—1703)
English merchant and early advocate of vegetarianism.

A man who pours drugs of which he knows
little into a body of which he knows less.
--Voltaire (Franηois Marie Arouet) (1694—1778)
French writer and philosopher.
Attributed in Charles Haddon Spurgeon _The Salt-Cellars ..._, vol. II [1889].

The purse of the patient often protracts his case.
--Johann Georg Zimmermann (1728—1795)
Swiss philosophical writer and physician.
Attributed in A. Sydney Roberts _In & Out of Book and Journal_ [1892].




PHYSICS

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see: "KNOWLEDGE" for related links


There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
--Arthur Buller (1874—1944)
British botanist and mycologist.
"Relativity" [1923]

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Albert Einstein (1879—1955)
German-born physicist who won the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921.

In the course of conversation at an American
dinner party Einstein's neighbor, a young girl,
asked the white-haired professor: 'What are
you actually by profession?' Einstein replied:
I devote myself to the study of physics.' The
girl looked at him in astonishment. 'You mean
to say you study physics at your age?' she
exclaimed. 'I finished mine a year ago.'

--_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_
edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard [2000 ed.]

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If we assume that the last breath of, say, Julius Caesar has
by now become thoroughly scattered through the atmosphere,
then the chances are that each of us inhales one molecule of
it with every breath we take.
--James Jeans (1877—1946)
English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician.
_An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases_ [1940]

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction:
or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are
always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
--Sir Isaac Newton (1642—1727)
English mathematician and physicist.
_Principia Mathematica_ "Laws of Motion" 3 [1687]

[On the explosion of the first atomic bomb near
Alamogordo, New Mexico [16 July 1945]:]
I remember the line from the Hindu scripture, Bhagavad
Gita. . . 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.'
--J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904—1967)
American physicist and the director of the Manhattan Project.
In Len Giovannitti and Fred Freed _The Decision to Drop the Bomb_ [1965].

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually
winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that
Saul becomes Paul. What does happen is that its opponents
gradually die out and that the growing generation is familiarized
with the idea from the beginning.
--Max Plank [Karl Ernst Ludwig] (1858—1947)
German theoretical physicist who originated
quantum theory; winner of the Nobel Prize
for Physics in 1918.
_The Philosophy of Physics_ [1936]


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