breughel's VirtualTourist Home Page
| Page Views: 9,644 | HEUREUX QUI, COMME ULYSSE, A FAIT UN BEAU VOYAGE, by breughel - last update: Jul 30, 2009 |
| Ulysse et les Sirènes - Ulysses and the Mermaids |
HAPPY HE, WHO LIKE ULYSSES, HAS TRAVELLED WELL, Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison,
Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge !Happy He, Who Like Ulysses, has travelled well,
Or like that man who conquered the fleece,
And has then returned, full of experience and wisdom,
To live among his kinfolk the remainder of his life!
Joachim du Bellay, 1522-1560.
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| J. Vermeer "Girl with a pearl earring". |
I HAD A DREAM. I had a dream in which I was the owner of two paintings: "Mona Lisa" and "Girl with a pearl earring".
What would I do if that was real?
Sell Mona Lisa and become a rich man; keep the Vermeer for my pleasure! |
| Le roi boit (J. Jordaens) |
MY PHILOSPHY OF LIFE. It seems that a good home page should show some considerations about what the VT member likes and dislikes. As a genuine Belgian I can not avoid loving frites, pralines, mussels and Belgian beer what is of a great banality.
Therefore I would like to take some distance with that cliché and present here my philosophy of life which is inspired by a medieval poem in Latin from the Bogards (the male equivalent of the Beguines).
"Qui bene bibit,
bene dormit.
Qui bene dormit,
non malum putat.
Qui non malum putat,
non pecavit.
Qui non pecavit,
ad caelum ibit.
Ergo,
Qui bene bibit ad caelum ibit."
The basics of my philosophy are therefore: what shall we drink to sleep well, have no desires, no sins and consequently go to heaven: beer or wine?
Wine at lunch and dinner.
Around 10 pm a special (Belgian of course) dark beer, sometimes a grappa from Verona (this is my multicultural side).
I'm sure I will go to heaven, maybe sooner than others who don't drink.
Fortunately my religion is not alcohol phobic. |
THE INFLUENCE OF MY BACKGROUND. When reading my, often too lengthy, tips about museums and monuments one might perhaps think I studied Arts or History.
Not at all, I am/was a "hard" scientist!
The inconvenience of this academic background is that I check every fact I write. My tips therefore are boring but correct. |
HOBBY and SPORT. It appears that my home page is missing info about my hobbies and my favoured sport.
Actually my favoured hobby and sport are combined and consist in visiting museums.
My best performance was 7 hours, non stop, at the Louvre museum.
I have also another hobby and a sport which you will discover looking at my two new videos.
Don't forget to put on the sound. |
| "Memoirs of Hadrian", Marguerite Yourcenar. |
EPILOGUE - EPILOG. Après trois années d'écritures principalement axées sur l'art et l'histoire, je suis tenté de conclure par ceci:
"Ce que j'étais capable de dire a été dit; ce que je pouvais apprendre a été appris. Occupons nous pour un temps d'autres travaux."
(Emprunté à Marguerite Yourcenar - "Mémoires d'Hadrien")
After three years of writing reviews mainly on art and history, I am tempted to conclude by this:
“What I was able to say has been said; what I could learn has been learned.
Let us deal with other tasks for some time." |
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Nemorino Wed Oct 21, 2009 19:54 UTC
Hi Eddy, thanks for your visit to my updated Berlin page. Yes, I do want to see the Egyptian Museum and others, and hope to do so during my next visit if the lines aren't too long. Both my sons now live in Berlin, so I hope they will be able to advise. | smilyst9 Fri Oct 16, 2009 23:28 UTC
The poem is written by Olivier de Bayonne. If you want to know more about it, you can find at: http://olivier.trobaire.org/french/metrob.htm The language I'm guessing it's old French. Thanks for visiting my page. Alexa | Greggor58 Tue Oct 6, 2009 01:42 UTC
Thank you for the little chuckle...your "non stop performance " at the Louvre...I can relate !! Also enjoyed your videos of your favorite sport and hobby..Cheers!! | icunme Sat Sep 26, 2009 18:09 UTC
Hi Eddy - Beautiful day here - hope you are having a lovely summer wrap-up also! <(•¿•)> |
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