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Quotes – Page 72 | Just Great DataBase
To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. James Joyce Ulysses 110 No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist. Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls 110 He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His…
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Quotes – Page 258 | Just Great DataBase
Thou losest here, a better where to find. William Shakespeare King Lear 5 In himself man is essentially a beast, only he butters it over like a slice of bread with a little decorum. Erich Maria Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front 5 Rocinante felt the desire to pleasure himself with the ladies, and…
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Quotes – Page 287 | Just Great DataBase
The other girl, Daisy, made an attempt to rise–she leaned slightly forward with a conscientious expression–then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room.’I’m p-paralyzed with happiness.’She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into…
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Quotes – Page 453 | Just Great DataBase
Он их успокоил. Он им сразу понравился, и вот теперь они поверили в него. William Golding Lord of the Flies 0 Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 0 Visi atrodė pavargę nuo gyvenimo, dar nepradėję gyventi. James Joyce…
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The Book Thief Quotes – Page 2 | Just Great DataBase
It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation. The Book Thief 333 Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick? The Book Thief 332 You…
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If music be the food of love, Twelfth Night
If music be the food of love, play on. 1 Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, 2 The appetite may sicken and so die. 3 That strain again! It Quote Analysis Act 1 Scene 1 line 1-3 This quote opens one of the most famous plays of William Shakespeare – “Twelfth Night” – in…
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The Prelude Essays
Wordsworth’s Romantic Masterpiece: ‘The Prelude’ and Its Characteristics as a Psychological Epic The Age of romanticism was an age (and was also considered a philosophical movement) of pure ‘transcendental’ discovery which focused on the ‘growth’ of the creative, artistic, and sensual emotions of the individual (Britannica Encyclopaedia). Since the individual was seen as an important……
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Quotes – Page 225 | Just Great DataBase
It’s a thing to see when a boy comes home. John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath 8 They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. William Golding Lord of the Flies 8 The flames, as though they were…
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Democritus
Democritus (born at Abdera, about 460 BCE) was a Greek philosopher also famous as the “Laughing Philosopher” for his resilient and comical attitude to life. There is also an assumption that people called him “The Mocker” because he used to laugh at others’ foolishness. Although both stories cannot be proved as facts. There is little…