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100 famous proverbs

100 famous proverbs, a list of 100 most used and famous proverbs, with a large introduction on their use, starting from John Florio up to our days, edited for the World of …

Great visual quotes

Great visual quotes and aphorisms, a collection of very deep and meaningful quotes to inspire your critical thoughts by English-culture blog and Carl William Brown All you need in this life is …

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 …

Halloween thoughts and poems

Halloween thoughts and poems, quotes and aphorisms by the World of English, that is English-culture.com blog and Carl William Brown Halloween for the year 2024 is celebrated/observed on Thursday, October 31st. What …

Ezra Pound best famous quotes

Ezra Pound best famous quotes, a brief collection of the most significant aphorisms of the great writer to better understand his poetics and his literary art. All my life I believed I …

Ezra Pound quotes and aphorisms

Ezra Pound quotes and aphorisms, a collection of his literary creations that resonate across generations. From the depths of poetry to the heights of philosophy, Pound’s words encapsulate the essence of human …

Ezra Pound the best craftsman

Ezra Pound the best craftsman as Eliot called him, an article that synthetically explains the linguistic art and poetics of this great poet, with some examples of his writing style and deep …

Photography Quotes

Photography Quotes, aphorisms, quotations, ideas, opinions and thoughts on photography, images and visual art by English-culture.com and Carl William Brown. Even the most beautiful, serene and smiling photographs of my mother unfortunately …

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! Let Every Day Be Christmas Christmas is forever, …

Blessed Virgin Mary and Rosa Mystica

Blessed Virgin Mary and Rosa Mystica, an article with some quotes and a personal story on the Holy Virgin, divine symbol of motherhood, love, life and sorrow, with reference to Rosa Mystica …

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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