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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 If you want to know more about the Paris 2024 …

The Paralympic Games, an article that illustrates how this great sporting manifestation was born, with some famous athletes stories and their achievements. If you want to know more about the Paris 2024 …

Parkour sport art

Parkour sport art, an article that describes the origin, the main features, the most famous athletes, the pro and cons of this modern spectacular activity. Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming …

Sports quotes

Sports quotes, aphorisms and ideas on athletes, life, perseverance and competition by the World of English blog. Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, …

A selection of the most famous hits ever with author, title, release year and playlists with original videos on Youtube. Click on the banner below and enjoy the music.

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

Quotes and aphorisms on love

Italy in brief

Short dictionary of literary terms

Aforismi volume quarto

Best quotes on books

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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