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form/aphorism
22 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
Wild Ducks
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_common_man
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/vanitas
topos/beatus_ille
motif/food_feasting
motif/the_journey
motif/birds
histref/victorian_england
setting/london
character/robin_hood
character/richard_iii
character/julius_caesar
character/elizabeth_bennet
character/fanny_price
character/queen_elizabeth
concept/literary_criticism_2
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/democracy
concept/freedom
concept/anti_industrialism
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/window
motif/stone_and_marble
motif/road
setting/new_york
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
archetype/tyrant
archetype/rebel
form/travel_writing
form/literary_criticism
form/biography
histref/first_world_war
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/medieval_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
histref/napoleon
histref/william_penn
histref/ruskin
histref/shelley
histref/jane_austen
Jul 24, 2026
Two Kinds of Paradox
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/imagination
concept/truth
concept/the_artist_and_society
topos/world_upside_down
concept/satire_of_society
concept/power_of_language
concept/creative_sterility
concept/nonsense
form/epigram
histref/lewis_carroll
histref/edward_lear
histref/bernard_shaw
histref/oscar_wilde
histref/friedrich_nietzsche
histref/holbrook_jackson
Jul 24, 2026
On Turnpikes and Medievalism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/justice
motif/the_road
histref/medieval_england
character/pitt
character/dundas
concept/reform
concept/social_injustice
topos/world_upside_down
motif/machine
form/aphorism
histref/dante
histref/regency_georgian_england
Jul 24, 2026
The Uses of Diversity
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
concept/paradox
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/joy
character/emma_woodhouse
character/henry_tilney
character/catherine_morland
character/harriet_smith
character/robert_martin
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/theseus
character/hermia
character/helena
character/hippolyta
character/bottom
character/falstaff
character/cardinal_wolsey
character/herod_antipas
character/duncan
character/claudius
character/judge_parry
character/george_meredith
character/george_wyndham
character/bernard_shaw
character/tennyson
character/cyrano_de_bergerac
character/peter_pan
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/ratiocination_detection
concept/distributism
concept/common_man
concept/conscience
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/class_conflict
concept/identity
concept/metamorphosis_transformation
concept/grotesque
concept/supernatural_2
topos/golden_age
motif/home
motif/fire
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/animals
motif/clothing_and_costume
setting/london
setting/paris
setting/rural_england
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/egypt
archetype/detective
archetype/fool
archetype/tyrant
form/literary_criticism
histref/first_world_war
histref/irish_question
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/medieval_england
histref/napoleonic_wars_the_navy
Jul 24, 2026
The Terror of a Toy
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/heroism
concept/paradox
concept/innocence_and_experience
motif/swords_weapons
motif/childhood
concept/common_man
topos/war_as_glory
motif/blood
motif/machine
archetype/child
form/aphorism
histref/spanish_inquisition
histref/bible
histref/christianity
Jul 24, 2026
The Soul of Man under Socialism
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
concept/individualism
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/poverty
concept/social_injustice
concept/reform
concept/satire_of_society
concept/self_and_soul
motif/money_gold
motif/rose
motif/childhood
motif/the_city
topos/golden_age
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/rebel
archetype/christ_figure
character/christ
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
histref/victorian_england
histref/the_french_revolution
histref/christianity
setting/industrial_city
Jul 24, 2026
The Decay of Lying
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/wilde
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
concept/paradox
concept/truth
concept/deception
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nature_vs_civilization
concept/beauty_and_truth
topos/book_of_nature
topos/world_upside_down
archetype/trickster
motif/nature
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_book
motif/fog_and_smoke
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
form/epigram
form/aphorism
histref/ancient_greece
histref/the_renaissance
character/odysseus
character/hamlet
Jul 24, 2026
The Defendant
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/the_common_man
concept/imagination
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/innocence_and_experience
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/good_vs_evil
topos/book_of_nature
topos/world_upside_down
motif/childhood
motif/the_book
form/essay
form/satire
form/aphorism
archetype/detective
archetype/child
character/edward_lear
character/lewis_carroll
character/friedrich_nietzsche
character/sherlock_holmes
concept/humility
concept/democracy
concept/beauty
concept/grotesque
concept/joy
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/self_and_cosmos
concept/class_conflict
concept/faith
concept/value_and_scarcity
topos/memento_mori
topos/pastoral_retreat
topos/golden_age
topos/sublime_in_nature
motif/death
motif/stars
motif/city
setting/london
setting/pastoral_countryside
archetype/prophet
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/ancient_greece
histref/medieval_england
histref/renaissance
histref/french_revolution
Jul 24, 2026
The Critic as Artist
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/beauty
concept/imagination
concept/paradox
concept/beauty_and_truth
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/truth
concept/self_and_soul
topos/immortality_through_verse
topos/book_of_nature
archetype/self_made_man
motif/music_and_song
motif/the_mirror
motif/the_book
motif/flowers
motif/silence
form/essay
form/literary_criticism
form/aphorism
form/epigram
histref/ancient_greece
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/the_renaissance
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
Paradox · Food and Feasting · Aphorism
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/letter
concept/paradox
form/aphorism
form/lyric
motif/home
concept/hope
form/epigram
concept/charity
concept/friendship
concept/faith
motif/food_feasting
concept/patience_and_waiting
concept/suffering
concept/humility
concept/satire_of_society
concept/joy
concept/self_and_soul
motif/clothing
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/imagination
concept/desire
motif/money_gold
concept/loneliness
histref/the_bible
concept/identity
concept/poverty
Jul 24, 2026
The Advantages of having One Leg
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/paradox
concept/joy
concept/humility
topos/book_of_nature
character/mrs_mountstuart_jenkinson
character/sir_willoughby_patterne
concept/solitude
concept/renunciation
concept/body
form/aphorism
histref/ibsen
histref/william_iii
Jul 24, 2026
On Abraham Lincoln
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/paradox
concept/heroism
concept/truth
concept/martyrdom
concept/critique_of_progress
archetype/martyr
character/abraham_lincoln
histref/american_civil_war
character/ulysses_s_grant
concept/vanity_of_worldly_things
concept/conformity_vs_individualism
concept/self_reliance_and_earned_success
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/marriage
setting/america
archetype/self_made_man
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
Jul 24, 2026
The Methuselahite
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/paradox
concept/heroism_courage
concept/mortality
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/survival
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/satire_of_society
concept/power_of_language
form/aphorism
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Orthodox
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/apologetics
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/joy
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/the_supernatural
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
character/christ
character/satan
character/beatrice
character/sam_weller
character/job
character/robinson_crusoe
concept/original_sin
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/grotesque
concept/distributism
concept/resurrection
concept/wonder
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/democracy
concept/poverty
concept/vulgarity
topos/fall_from_innocence
topos/world_upside_down
motif/serpent_snake
motif/dragon
setting/london
archetype/trickster
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/aphorism
form/fairy_tale_fantasy
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/reformation
histref/islam
histref/dante
histref/catholic_church
histref/eastern_religion_comparative_religion
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/classical_antiquity
histref/arthur_balfour
histref/pope_pius_x
histref/alfred_harmsworth_lord_northcliffe
histref/walt_whitman
Jul 24, 2026
LOGIC and LAWN TENNIS
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/truth
concept/paradox
histref/christianity
character/tilden
character/st_thomas_aquinas
concept/common_man
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
concept/power_of_language
archetype/common_man_2
form/aphorism
form/apologetics
histref/bible
histref/ancient_greece
histref/scholasticism
Jul 24, 2026
Imagination · Fragment · Heroic Couplet
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/imagination
concept/the_artist_and_society
form/letter
concept/creativity_and_artistic_labor
concept/paradox
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
motif/letters_writing
topos/inexpressibility
concept/friendship
concept/faith
motif/nature
concept/the_power_of_language
motif/birds
concept/self_and_soul
topos/book_of_nature
motif/sun
motif/seasons
concept/beauty
concept/the_sublime
concept/inexpressibility
motif/the_book
concept/truth
form/aphorism
concept/immortality
concept/joy
Jul 24, 2026
All Is Grist
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
histref/the_renaissance
histref/dante
character/beatrice
character/hamlet
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/education
topos/eternal_return
topos/golden_age
topos/fortune_s_wheel
topos/sic_transit_gloria_mundi
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/nakedness
setting/venice
setting/italy
setting/canada
archetype/wise_old_man_sage
form/aphorism
form/travel_writing
histref/italy_reference
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/medieval_england
histref/algernon_charles_swinburne
histref/t_s_eliot
histref/napoleon
histref/michelangelo
histref/petrarch
histref/thomas_aquinas
Jul 24, 2026
Fancies versus Fads
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
form/literary_criticism
concept/paradox
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/wonder_and_gratitude
concept/anti_industrialism
character/hamlet
character/portia
character/shylock
character/macbeth
character/lady_macbeth
character/banquo
character/claudius
character/falstaff
character/sam_weller
character/tony_weller
character/samuel_pickwick
character/artful_dodger
character/dorian_gray
character/rosalind
character/viola
character/king_arthur
character/gulliver
character/joan_of_arc
concept/equality_in_death
concept/democracy
concept/freedom_and_liberty
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/slavery
concept/distributism
concept/marriage_and_fidelity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
topos/world_upside_down
topos/poet_as_prophet
topos/theatrum_mundi
topos/golden_age
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/swords_and_weapons
motif/imprisonment_2
motif/ghosts
motif/wheel
setting/london
setting/medieval_england_2
setting/america
setting/new_england_america
setting/venice
setting/denmark
setting/ancient_rome_2
archetype/rebel
archetype/tyrant
archetype/martyr_saint
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/new_england
histref/arthurian_legend
histref/milton
histref/jonathan_swift
Jul 24, 2026
Crown · Pride · Fortune's Wheel
graph/work
author/dickinson
form/lyric
concept/pride
motif/crown
concept/ambition
archetype/king
motif/flowers
concept/identity
form/letter
motif/dreams
concept/humility
form/aphorism
concept/honour
motif/birds
concept/self_and_soul
topos/fortunes_wheel
form/epigram
motif/bells
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/grace_and_redemption
motif/money_gold
setting/the_court
motif/clothing
concept/friendship
concept/beauty
concept/wonder
character/christ
Jul 24, 2026
American Fundamentalists
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/paradox
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/satire_of_society
concept/nostalgia
histref/christianity
concept/democracy
concept/common_man
form/aphorism
histref/bible
histref/scopes_trial
Jul 24, 2026
All Things Considered
graph/work
setting/europe
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/paradox
concept/the_common_man
concept/truth
concept/justice
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/nationalism_and_patriotism
histref/christianity
setting/london
character/joan_la_pucelle
character/tom_jones
concept/democracy
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/martyrdom
concept/vanity
concept/education
concept/class_conflict
concept/deception
concept/grotesque
motif/food_and_feasting
motif/wine_and_drink
motif/money_and_gold
setting/paris
setting/oxford
archetype/martyr_saint
archetype/tyrant
form/aphorism
form/literary_criticism
histref/french_revolution
histref/puritanism
histref/catholic_church
Jul 24, 2026
All I Survey
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
form/essay
form/satire
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concept/satire_of_society
concept/critique_of_progress
concept/anti_industrialism
concept/the_common_man
concept/childhood_and_growth
concept/education
concept/paradox
concept/the_artist_and_society
concept/war_and_its_cost
concept/nostalgia
concept/distributism
topos/world_upside_down
histref/christianity
histref/medieval_england
histref/the_industrial_revolution
character/jonathan_swift
character/thomas_gray
character/geoffrey_chaucer
character/sir_walter_scott
character/vachel_lindsay
character/charles_ii
character/robert_louis_stevenson
character/lord_byron
concept/democracy
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/paganism_and_classical_revival
concept/freedom_and_liberty
topos/ubi_sunt
setting/ancient_rome_2
setting/rural_england
archetype/common_man_2
archetype/rebel
form/aphorism
histref/puritanism
histref/romantic_movement_sensibility
histref/ancient_rome
histref/french_revolution