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Latin and English

Latin and English. Latin words, phrases, sentences, quotes, or abbreviations still used in the English language with a comparison between the two languages, some useful links to other posts and resources. Latin …

Quotations on Italy

Quotations on Italy, quotes and aphorisms on Italy, Italians and what the other people think of them by famous authors, part 2, with a free e-book available to download written by Carl …

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

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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