Latin phrases in English
Latin phrases in English still used in everyday language plus a complete list of Latin abbreviations, for students, teachers and common citizens. Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum. (Lucrezio) Mankind is too …
Latin and English
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic. However, a significant portion of the English vocabulary comes from Romance and Latinate sources. A portion of …
The book of nonsense
A limerick is a stanza of five lines, very common in Anglo-Saxon countries. Its subject is either very innocent or very naughty, but always humorous and absurd, just as our existence. They …
Nonsense quotes
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense. Robert Frost Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. …
The blend of English
There is no such thing as ”the Queen’s English.” The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! Mark Twain Difference …
Edward de Vere
The Shakespeare industry is built upon a vast fictitious fantasy. Many people directly profit from this industry so therefore imagination is not free and conjecture is not cheap. Charles Hughes Edward de …
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 …
Dadaism Disgust
Liberté: Dada, Dada, Dada, hurlement, entrelacement des contraires e de toutes les contradictions, des grotesques, des inconséquences: La Vie. Tristan Tzara I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid …
Media Multilingual Quotations
In certain televisions there are numerous questionable characters, chosen from a small number of morons, but seen and heard by a few million people, including of course many fools. Now you understand …
On Humour
Carl William Brown on Humour, some quotes, aphorisms, ideas, thoughts and reflections to enrich this short essay on one of the most nice human phenomenon. Since every religion was able to make …
Stultorum infinitus est numerus
Stultorum infinitus est numerus. Some quotes and aphorisms about stupidity, with links to other posts of quotes and articles about stupidity and power. A great number of people talk too much, but …
We rise by lifting others.
DA Datta, DA Dayadhvam, DA Damyata, shantih, shantih, shantih! (Give, sympathize, control, peace, peace, peace). T.S. Eliot from The Waste Land No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank We …