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The techniques of the memory palace—also known as the journey method or the method of loci, and more broadly as the ars memorativa, or “art of memory”—were refined and codified in an extensive set of rules and instruction manuals by Romans
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“Posture? Is posture a type of manners?” “Yes,” replied the Count, albeit a little tentatively, “it is. A slouching posture tends to suggest a certain laziness of character, as well as a lack of interest in others. Whereas an upright posture can confirm a sense of self-possession, and a quality of engagement”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“I knew from experience that next to jail the place with the highest concentration of trifling bitches was elementary school.”
― Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
― Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
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