Samuel Butler was a British satirist, novelist and critic, born on 4 December 1835. Here are some of his quotes on life: “Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.” “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” “Life is like music, it… Read More Samuel Butler on Life
“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?”(from the novel Middlemarch) George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, born on 22 November 1819.She was a Victorian era English poet and novelist who chose that male pseudonym to conceal her gender so that people would take… Read More George Eliot
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TIPS TO OVERCOME LONELINESS Talk to people A psychological study found that same-sex strangers felt increasing affinity towards each other, after each conversation they had. Don’t be hesitant to talk to people : if you’re genuinely interested or curious about others, they’re more likely to reciprocate those…
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https://youtu.be/5dzrju6npd8 Edgar Allan Poe(Boston, 19 gennaio 1809 – Baltimora, 7 ottobre 1849)SoloAloneRicerca letteraria e traduzionedi Luisa Zambrotta ©2021 Lettura di Luigi Maria Corsanico Alexander Scriabin:Romance (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Steven Isserlis)Mischa Maisky · Lily Maisky Un dagherrotipo di Edgar Allan Poe, scattato circanel giugno 1849 a Lowell nel…
IL MISTERO (conclusione) ➡️ qui la prima parte Baltimora Questa dunque è la morte … o la soglia della morte. Il confine è vago e confuso. Chi potrebbe dire dove finisce la vita e inizia la morte? E questo abisso in cui sono precipitato a furia di guardarci dentro, non è diverso da come l’avevo… Read More Il mistero ✍️
The leaves fall patientlyNothing remembers or grievesThe river takes to the seaThe yellow drift of leaves Sara Teasdalefrom: Dark of the Moon (1926) – II. Pictures of Autumn – “September Day” In 1918, Sara Teasdale won the Columbia University Poetry Society Prize for her collection Love Songs.The prize was later officially renamed the Pulitzer Prize,… Read More “Pictures of Autumn” / 1
Questa torre medievale, situata nel comune di Colico, raggiungibile a piedi grazie a una mulattiera tra i boschi, venne edificata sulle pendici del Monte Legnone, in una posizione dominante e con una vista che spazia su tutto l’alto lago di Como e il vicino Pian di Spagna con le montagne di Valchiavenna e Valtellina.Il Pian… Read More La Torre di Fontanedo (LC)
1st October 1841: “Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one’s very footsteps may… Read More George Eliot’s Letter
Ieri mi sono accorta che è iniziato l’autunno. L’aria è più fresca. Le foglie secche cominciano a scricchiolare sotto i passi e con questo la sensazione che l’estate sia oramai arrivata alla fine.Un tale passaggio porta nostalgie e una vena di malinconia, che la dolcezza della frutta matura cerca di rendere meno amara. Ma resta,… Read More Settembre, andiamo
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907 – 29 September 1973) is an Anglo-American poet whose four hundred poems elucidate everything from love to social themes and profound meditation. (Here you can read Funeral Blues and Elegy for J.F.K.) Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for “The Age of Anxiety”, a long poem in six parts, Auden also… Read More On Writing
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