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#BertrandRussell had an absurd voice. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h9lz3/episodes/player

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I am seeking people who enjoy #HighCulture i.e. #reading #ClassicLiterature , #elocution , #writing , and #dressing well, good #food and #wine , #DinnerParties , the #UpperClass and #UpperMiddle Class , #ClassicalMusic , #poetry , #opera , #theatre, #museums , #history, #ClassicArt, #antiques , #travelling , #humour , #OldTimeRadio , etc. Also, please #NoPolitics .

A quotation from Moliere

MARTINE: We always speak well when we make ourselves understood.
 
[MARTINE: Quand on se fait entendre, on parle toujours bien.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Les Femmes Savantes [The Learned Ladies], Act 2, sc. 6, (1692) [tr. Van Laun (1876)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/79016/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #clarity #communication #elocution #speaking #understanding

Listening to a great lecture on the Crisis of the Third Century. The lecturer has the most awful voice ever but I shall power through. https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/world-of-byzantium #classics #history #elocution

started a #wikipedia article on Amy Allison Grant (born 1880), who gave dramatic readings of poetry and opera libretti in the early 20c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Allison_Grant @wikiwomeninred #elocution #opera #Chicago