Author name: Charlie

Shrinking Violet - Comic by Charlie Rubel

Shrinking Violet – Idiom / Noun

A shrinking violet is a very shy person, someone who is an extreme introvert and does not enjoy attention or engaging with others. It doesn’t make it any easier when someone picks up on the fact that you are, in fact, shy and bashful. Particularly when they start to make comments and suggestions about it. Cheers!

What does a bug find attractive in another bug?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. – Aphorism

‘Beauty in the eye of the beholder’ has a literal meaning: that the perception of beauty is subjective – people can have differing opinions on what is beautiful. So what one person perceives as flawless and captivating might be ordinary or unappealing to another. So, how does one bug find another bug attractive? It seriously boggles the …

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He who seizes the right moment, is the right man.

“He who seizes the right moment, is the right man.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sometimes it can just be the timing! Taking advantage of the right moment can mean that you are the right man (or person). It doesn’t matter if you’re a little bit of an odd fellow. Or that you do your grocery shopping with a Radio Flyer wagon. Just seize the moment, and you could automatically …

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