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"A GRAMMATICAL FIGURE BY WHICH THE ORDER OF WORDS IN ONE OF TWO OF
PARALLEL CLAUSES IS INVERTED IN THE OTHER."
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Chiastic Sayings
It's not the men in my lifeX
it's the life in my men.
Home is where the great are smallX
and the small are great
Chiastic Sayings
"Lust is what makes you keep wanting to do it,even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.“ — Judith Viorst
"Charm is a woman's strength …strength is a man's charm. — Havelock Ellis
"When they are alone they want to be with others, andwhen they are with others they want to be alone.After all, human beings are like that." — Gertrude Stein
"The instinct of a man isto pursue everything that flies from him, andto fly from all that pursue him." — Voltaire
OSCAR WILDE
Master of Chiasmus
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IN THE DEVIL 'S DICTIONARY , AMBROSE BIERCE DEFINED A MEMBER OF THIS PROFESSION AS FOLLOWS: "ONE WHO DRAFTS A PLAN OF YOUR HOUSE AND
PLANS A DRAFT OF YOUR MONEY."
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WHAT IS AN ARCHITECT?
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IN THE EARLY 1950 'S, COMEDIAN & RADIO PERSONALITY FRED ALLEN WAS
REFERRING TO THIS WHEN HE SAID: " ( IT) IS A VEHICLE THAT PERMITS PEOPLE WHO
HAVEN'T ANYTHING TO DO TO WATCH PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO ANYTHING."
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WHAT IS TELEVISION?
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IN 1640 , ENGLISH POET JOHN DONNE WAS REFERRING TO THIS WHEN HE WROTE: " IT
COMES EQUALLY TO US ALL , AND MAKES US ALL EQUAL WHEN IT COMES."
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WHAT IS DEATH?
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ACCORDING TO JEAN COCTEAU, "ART PRODUCES UGLY THINGS WHICH
FREQUENTLY BECOME BEAUTIFUL WITH TIME, AND (THIS) PRODUCES BEAUTIFUL
THINGS WHICH BECOME UGLY WITH TIME.”
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WHAT IS FASHION?
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ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER HERBERT SPENCER WAS REFERRING TO THIS WHEN
HE SAID: "THAT WHICH MAN IS ALWAYS TRYING TO KILL , BUT WHICH ENDS IN
KILLING HIM."
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WHAT IS TIME?
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ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN WAS REFERRING TO THIS WHEN HE SAID: " ( IT) DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THE LIVING ARE DEAD, IT MEANS THE DEAD ARE LIVING."
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WHAT IS TRADITION?
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