The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accomplished by good Chinese housewives. When… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
“There is a birch-rod kept behind the looking-glass in the schoolroom, and every now and then it is brought out and used, for no… — Daniele Varè Copy Share Image
“I have done the journey between Tientsin and Peking so many times that I recognize even the stray dogs (known locally as wonks )… — Daniele Varè Copy Share Image
The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
“To many people I have no doubt that it appears merely silly. I once found it expressed in a rather amusing way in a… — Daniele Varè Copy Share Image
Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
He was a specialist in Feng Shui; that is to say, he was consulted as to the correct ubication and orientation of houses and… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is the art of letting the other party have things your way. — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
![“To many people I have no doubt that it appears merely silly. I once found it expressed in a rather amusing way in a Russian Book called Dal Zoviet , which means the lure of far horizons. The author is Galinischev Kutuzoff [Golenischev-Kutuzov], and he tells of a man in Northern Mongolia who goes…” quote by Daniele Varè](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dcd/daniele-var-42637_books_to-many-people-i-have-no-doubt-that-it-a_1543721.jpg)
