true colors
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marycatelliI suspect that it refers to that friend of our childhood, the prince of the old folk tale; the young man who travels for seven miles and comes to seven gates guarded by seven dragons, and passes through all sorts of perils, which are marked at once by moral heroism and mathematical symmetry. It is he who is to be exhibited in as a despot and oppressor; as a despot of elfland and an oppressor of seven-headed dragons. As he is rather a remote as well as a romantic figure, it may be a little difficult for historians to discover what were his true colours. His true colours, so far as I am concerned, are silver and gold and crimson, and all the colours of the rainbow.
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
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Date: 2018-06-16 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-16 10:47 pm (UTC)That is, a newspaper column of his. He was criticizing the Bolshevists' censorship attempts.
Personally, I think most fairy-tale princes are silver and gold and scarlet. Appropriate to their age, and most are not the wise beyond their years status to really fit crimson.
Whereas the princesses are gold and silver and green -- or blue.