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From: Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com>
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Subject: Re: For Morpheus - "The Misanthrope.JPG" 29.5 kBytes yEnc
Date: 16 Oct 2008 00:17:02 -0500
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:03:39 -0700, NP-f31 wrote
(in article <7k4df459vn3ie8nl1rmmblvrium68p00j4@4ax.com>):
> Translation:
>
> "Because the world is so faithless, I am going into mourning".
The more common translation is:
"Because the world is so untrustworthy (or deceitful), I am going into
mourning."
That doesn't seem unreasonable to me although anyone who contributes
regularly here can hardly be considered a misanthrope. A misanthrope is one
who avoids human involvement.
See:
http://www.abcgallery.com/B/bruegel/bruegelbio.html
Interesting guy, Breugel....... slightly later than Hieronymous Bosch A
couple of his works follow....
http://www.talariaenterprises.com/images2/jb10a.jpg
http://www.follydiddledah.com/images/hieronymus_bosch.jpg
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