#Great men

[bethanydelleman]

I do feel like when it comes right down to it, Darcy can be as rude as he wants, without any real consequences, because he’s a “great man” and it really doesn’t matter what most people below him think of him.

Elinor Dashwood is just as introverted as Darcy, if not more, but she forces herself to be polite and make small talk because she cannot afford not to do so. (Marianne acts kind of like Darcy, and is rude, without seeming to understand what it might cost her). Even Emma doesn’t dare be as rude as Darcy, and the one time she gets close she’s told off. But who has enough power to tell off a person like Darcy? Probably only his uncle the earl. And knowing Lady Catherine, the earl might be just as snobby as Darcy!

Mr. Gardiner says it all at Pemberley, “But perhaps he may be a little whimsical in his civilities,” replied her uncle. “Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take him at his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me off his grounds.” Which is to say, Darcy can give and withdraw favour like some kind of petty tyrant and all the unfortunate people below him just have to take it, because there really isn’t anything they can do. Absolutely no one would care that Darcy of Pemberley was rude to Mr. Gardiner of Cheapside (*ahem* Gracechurch Street).

Which would make Jane Austen’s point in Pride & Prejudice, and her other novels I think: just because you can do whatever you want, doesn’t mean you should.

[dinosaurwithablog]

Juan Soto is in the game today!!!! Gerrit Cole is pitching!!!! I hope Gerrit does well today. His ERA is, currently, 9.00. Unbelievable. He's the best pitcher in the game so I know he's gonna be fine. It's weird to see that stat, though. I love these guys!! Please, stay healthy for yourselves and then the game. Let's go Yankees!!!!!

[poligraf]

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the finite.

— Thomas Carlyle

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

[shamster]

We only hear so many bad things about women and great things about men because women weren't allowed to have a voice for so long. Men told great things about men and other men agreed. Men told bad things about women and other men agreed.

[tenth-sentence]

Great men (and women) clearly like thinking that by force of will alone they are changing the world, but they are mistaken.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris

[unspokenmantra]

[superectojazzmage]

Deadpool and Wolverine is the single best portrayal of Wolverine in live action so far because it's the only one that really understands how best to depict him; a grouchy trainwreck of an extremely divorced dad who loves his dysfunctional shitshow of a family but also can't fucking stand them and is THIS close to driving the station wagon off a cliff during the drive to Sunday church with everyone inside in a fit of alcohol-fueled manic depression.

[kenobihater]

after literal years i finally got around to downloading a pdf of the wipers times, an unsancitioned satitical british trench magazine circulated among the troops in france from 1916-1918 after the fortuitous discovery of a printing press. i have approximately five million other things i need to read so idk when i'll be able to devote much time to it, and i gotta pick up a proper copy bc it's missing at least salient no 4 vol 2. that said? i'm genuinely laughing at what i've skimmed so far

[sher-ee]

[dinosaurwithablog]

Willie Mays, on the left and Dr. King, on the right. These great men were two of my heroes when I was a kid. They inspired me in different ways. I love and respect them both. ❤️

[poligraf]

No man was ever great without divine inspiration.

— Cicero

[notthemayor]

they haven't invented a word for what dali is

[peterpcrker]

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 2014 | dir. Bryan Singer

[tenth-sentence]

At one time historians unhesitatingly said yes, but nowadays most shy away from attributing so much to the will of unique great men.

"Why the West Rules – For Now: The patterns of history and what they reveal about the future" - Ian Morris