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Silence, The Deception of the Humanity?

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Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel Saturday, October 26, 2013 9:26 AM "Sounds of Silence", a song by the famous American folk rock duet Simon and Garfunkel is one of the most significant songs that I've ever come across in my life. Some sources say it's a song inspired by one of the most heart breaking events that has taken place in the history of America, The assassination of President John F Kennedy. Some sources say it's an anti-war song which discuss about the cold war taken place between America and Russia during that period. Some sources say it's a song that shows how the man kind is deceived by capitalism. But the significance of this song is, it has the ability to justify all these arguments brought up by these different sources because it tries to give out a universal massage to the world, to the man kind saying "look people wake up from your sleep, the way you are heading is wrong! You are blinded by many misconceptions, pleas...

Accidentally in LOVE?

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Who Ever Loved, That Loved Not at First Sight? By Christopher Marlowe Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:51 PM "It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate, When two are stripped, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should love, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect: The reason no man knows, let it suffice, What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate. The love is slight: Whoever loved, that loved no at first sight?" Christopher Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet and translator in the Elizabethan era.  In his poem "whoever loved, that loved not at first sight?" Marlowe tries to approach to the more spiritual aspect of love. As he says in the poem, love is not based on a decision that a certain individual takes.  It's not up to the will of that individual. It's something decided by his or her destiny. It's been chos...