Professional Jokes
Professional jokes, some good English jokes about different professions and the world we live in. All womankind, from the highest to the lowest… love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they …
Why I Write by George Orwell
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon …
Quotes about the English world
The world is inhabited by two species of human beings: mankind and the English. Smile at adversity, and act quickly to eliminate it. Expect adversity, for it shall surely appear. Be grateful …
Rise of Journalism
Rise of journalism. The reasonable man, the age of the Novel and Journalism. The Augustan Age in England, Poetry and Drama. ‘Those great men whom we propose to ourselves as that the …
Media in the United Kingdom
Media in the United Kingdom, newspapers, radios, TV programs, news and journalists, an article that summarizes all the different media sources in the country. Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly …
World Quotations (Part 1)
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. Mahatma Gandhi The only tyrant I accept in this …
The nature and essence of literature
The nature and essence of literature. A short summary of English and American Literary and Historic Topics, with great quotes and aphorisms. (with a pdf file) Every interpretation of a text is …
John Florio biography
John Florio biography and some quotes. Forgive thy friends: they would, but cannot praise, inough’ the wit, art, language of thy PLAYES: forgive thy foes; they will not praise thee. Why? Thy …
Statistics and facts
Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners. G. O. Ashley Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish …
Short history of England and literary notes
Short history of England and literary notes from the origin up to modern age The first inhabitants of Britain were the Iberians, they had settled in the country between 3000 and 2000 …
American quotes (part 2)
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they’re very wise at heart. Norman Lear I just want someone to explain to the American public why investing in transportation in Iraq …
American quotes (part 1)
An American, a Negro… two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. W. E. B. Du …