The English Renaissance

The English Renaissance, literature, thoughts, ideas, innovations and authors of this great golden age with references to the different European movements. How can anyone be silly enough to think himself better than …

100 famous proverbs

Proverbs where largely collected and used by my old friend John Florio, but of course they were created and employed much earlier from a lot of other different writers all around the …

Grammar history

Grammar history and structure, an encyclopedic synthetic article that describes the importance of grammar for the usage and the literature of a language. The minimum grammar is no grammar at all. Giuseppe …

George Mikes on Italy

George Mikes on Italy, some quotes, ideas, thoughts and humorous remarks on the Italian nation and its funny people plus some other useful resources. What can possibily happen in the world at …