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On Tue, 01 Jun 10 21:10:00 UTC Poobah (65) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- To die unlamented
- Where would you like to live?
- England
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- To live among books and people who can discuss them
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- To lives mis-spent
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Those who overcome adversit to find that adversity had its virtues
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Queens and mistresses
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- An ordinary woman leading a life of genius
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Those who triumph in non-traditional melieues
- Your favorite painter?
- Van Dyke
- Your favorite musician?
- Mozart
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Kindness and intelligence
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Intelligence and kindness
- Your favorite virtue?
- tolerance
- Your favorite occupation?
- reading, watching
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Barbara Villiers
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Indolence
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Comprehension
- What is your principle defect?
- stupidity and laziness
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- to sit dribbling and disabled in a chair
- What would you like to be?
- an archivist
- What is your favorite color?
- green
- What is your favorite flower?
- lily of the valley
- What is your favorite bird?
- bush tit
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
- Who are your favorite poets?
- John Donne and Emily Dickinson
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- Jack Kennedy
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Elizabeth I
- What are your favorite names?
- Eleanor, Elizabeth
- What is it you most dislike?
- my flaws
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Unity Mitford
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- None
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- musical talent
- How would you like to die?
- gracefully
- What is your present state of mind?
- bored and annoyed
- What is your motto?
- Bolt not, lest ye be bolted
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