Importance of self-control
Importance of self-control. (abstract) Sometime people lose their cool and do unreasonable things which are not at their own best interest because of lacking self control, the ability to understand emotions and …
Irish modern history
Irish modern history and the character of the people who live in Ireland, the Emerald Isle. At the start of the 19th century, Irish soldiers formed a considerable proportion of the British …
American slang Part 2
The counters merely say that the person is rejected – he does not belong to the group. In uttering the counter we don’t care what the person is; we are pledging our …
American slang Part 1
American slang is the body of words and expressions frequently used by or intelligible to a rather large portion of the general American public, but not accepted as good, formal usage by …
Latin and English
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. However, a significant portion of the English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. A portion of …
The book of nonsense
A limerick is a stanza of five lines, very common in Anglo-Saxon countries. Its subject is either very innocent or very naughty, but always humorous and absurd, just as our existence. They …
Industrial Design
Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. Charles Eames Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. Steve Jobs Where do new …
100 famous proverbs
Proverbs where largely collected and used by my old friend John Florio, but of course they were created and employed much earlier from a lot of other different writers all around the …