Unbeknownst to him, the messiness was intended to be part of the charm.
Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486-90
How many times can one re-read the same magazines?
Eugène Delacroix, 1839
At least that’s what the ladies told him.
Andrea Appiani, c.1800
The school groups seemed to drop in constantly. Just the day before she had purchased three rolls of giftwrap.
Ludolf de Jongh, 1633-35
The new, tighter fashions always made him uncomfortable. Oh, how he longed to sport a mooseknuckle like his hunting companions.
(Carl Friedrich Zimmerman, 1810)
Near-wisdom from the ages.
Because people never change.
