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Guy Fawkes story

Guy Fawkes story and the Gunpowder plot, an easy article for students of English that explains the origin of the story with its celebrations and customs. A desperate disease requires a dangerous …

Halloween great quotes and aphorisms, 50 famous and amazing ideas for your pleasure by the World of English or English-culture.com blog Halloween for the year 2024 is celebrated/observed on Thursday, October 31st …

Welsh quotes and literature

Welsh quotes and literature, some very famous aphorisms and short stories from the Welsh world of literature, folk songs, traditions, and culture from Wales. Traditional Welsh Folk Song Down yonder green valley …

Ireland quotes and aphorisms

I know where I’m going I know who’s going with me I know who I love And the devil knows who I’ll marry. Traditional Irish folk song (Judy Collins) (Ireland quotes and …

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

Quotes and aphorisms on love

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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