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English spelling rules

English spelling rules, the 20 Fundamental Spelling Rules and more that everyone should know with a lot of examples, images, and an article about exceptions. Spelling rules can take the mystery out …

Annoying Things Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom

What annoys you about living where you live now? What annoys you about taking trains to work? What annoys you about driving a car? What annoys you most about living at home …

Passive form sentences

Passive form sentences in English by the world of English with a lot of examples, all the tenses employed, and some advice on scientific and academic writing. In English, all sentences are …

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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