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Women quotes

Women quotes and aphorisms to understand the importance and beauty of women in our life. The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. Henry Brooks Adams As vivacity …

Aphorisms, quotes and thoughts by Boethius

Aphorisms, quotes and thoughts by Boethius, ideas and great words of wisdom from his immortal text De consolatione philosophiae, The Consolation of Philosophy. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 475–524 CE) is considered …

George Orwell Thoughts

George Orwell Thoughts, ideas, political views, art considerations, social commitment; a summary post that illustrates the whole philosophy of this great author. The majority of pacifists either belong to obscure religious sects …

Carnival festival

Carnival festival, an article that analyses the meaning of this celebration in the Christian societies with references to the most famous world Carnival parades and the Mardi Gras day. The principle of …

Saint Valentines Day

Saint Valentines day, the lovers day, story, legends, celebrations and quotes that made Valentine’s day the most important occasion for the triumph of love. Without Valentine’s Day, February would be… well, January. …

Olympic Games Quotes

Olympic games quotes, aphorisms and ideas by great authors and world athletes by the World of English blog and Carl William Brown Welcome to the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games website. The …

International Days List

International Days list, promoted by the United Nations as occasions to mark particular events or topics in order to create awareness and action on these issues. The United Nations designates specific days, …

Christmas poems

Christmas poems for a magic holiday atmosphere, to enlighten and warm up your festive time by English-culture.com blog and Carl William Brown. Merry Christmas! Christmas tries to renew our hope, reminding us …

Cristmas carols

Christmas Carols, traditional popular songs and poems with videos, music and decorations, html or pdf version, holy offered by the World of English, the Daimon Club, the Fortattack crew, Aforismi celebri and …

University education

University education, the best universities in the world, quotes, news, links, information and data by English-culture.com blog and Carl William Brown. A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and …

We survive by what we receive, but we live by what we give.
Carl Gustav Jung

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee

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One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Sigmund Freud

One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist... Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.
Stephen Hawking

Life is, in fact, a struggle. On this point pessimists and optimists agree. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty is beautiful, but rare; goodness is often apt to be weak, folly to be arrogant, and wickedness to prevail; fools in the places of honor and the best aloof; and humanity, as a whole, unhappy.
Henry James

As far as the development of human happiness is concerned I would say that egoism is the higher form of stupid ignorance that prevents it.
Carl William Brown

A good aphorism should not only highlight obvious things, even if expressed in an original way, but also evoke solutions, though unpleasant for human stupidity.
Carl William Brown

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Carl William Brown

A man's value is seen in what he gives, not in what he is capable of receiving.
Albert Einstein