Henry Watton
"In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight."
Henry Watton
Category: Chapters
Chapters for The Book of Threes
Robert Frost – life goes on
Robert Frost
"In three words i can sum up everything i have learned about life".
"life goes on".
Mossant
By Leonetto Cappiello 1938
The Three Umbrellas
Three Lives
By Gertrude Stein
William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness: Continue reading William Shakespeare
The Mikado
QUOTATION:
Three little maids from school are we,
Pert as a school-girl well can be,
Filled to the brim with girlish glee,
Three little maids from school!
St. Patrick’s Day
In 
New Orleans on St. Patrick’s Day – Cabbages, carrots and potatoes are traditional for St. Patrick’s parade since the Irish’s most known meal is corned beef and cabbage, which includes potatoes (an Irish national vegetable) and the carrots for color.
CORRECTION —————————————-
The Green–Cabbage—represents the Catholics
The Orange–Carrots–represents the Protestants
The White–Potato—represents Unity
Just like the flag.
CORRECTION —————————————-
I’m Irish – and have never known Corned Beef to be an Irish dish. Bacon & Cabbage –
Yes, but Corned Beef – NO.
Also, how about
GREEN – THE LAND
WHITE – THE PEOPLE
GOLD – THEIR HEARTS
Third Way
igloo
[Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a winter house, which was usually partially dug into the ground and covered with earth; and a snow or ice house. The latter was a dome-shaped dwelling constructed of blocks of snow placed in an ascending spiral with a low tunnel entrance. Although it can provide adequate protection for weeks in severe cold, it was used almost exclusively as a temporary shelter while traveling.
Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras (1744-1790)
On his deathbed his last words were – “I see that you have made three spelling mistakes.”
Continue reading Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras (1744-1790)
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856- 1950)
In my dreams is a country where the State is the Church and the Church the people: three in one and one in three. It is a commonwealth in which work is play and play is life: three in one and one in three. It is a temple in which the priest is the worshiper and the worshiper the worshipped: three in one and one in three. It is a godhead in which all life is human and all humanity divine: three in one and one in three.
ATTRIBUTION: George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Anglo-Irish playwright, critic. (First produced 1904). Father Keegan, in John Bull’s Other Island, act 4, The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Collected Plays with their Prefaces, vol. 2, ed. Dan H. Laurence (1971).
