Horace Walpole (24 September 1717 –1797) – English man of letters. He was the first to use the word “serendipity” in the English language in 1754 in a letter to a friend where he explained an unexpected discovery he had made about a painting of Bianca Cappello by Giorgio Vasari. He coined it by… Read More Serendipity
Euripides, the famous Greek tragic dramatist, by traditional accounts was born on 23 September 480 BC. Quotes: 🎭 “One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” 🎭 “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” 🎭 “A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.” 🎭 “Whoso neglects learning in his… Read More 🎭 Euripides 🎭
“Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don’t understand”. William Golding (19 September 1911 –1993) British novelist, playwright, poet and Nobel laureate (Niente è così impenetrabile come una risata in una lingua che non capisci.)
“Hell is paved with good intentions” Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (18 Sep 1709-1784) “L’inferno è lastricato di buone intenzioni.”
Laurence J. Peter (16 September 1919 –1990) a Canadian educator and “hierarchiologist”, developed the “Peter principle”. a concept in management: “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence” This leads to the corollary: “In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out… Read More Incompetence
“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” Sydney J. Harris (September 14, 1917 –1986) American journalist. (Lo scopo della scuola è quello di trasformare gli specchi in finestre)
I raggi del sole morente arroventano le acque del lago
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.” “We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.” Cyri Connolly (10 September 1903 – 1974) British literary critic and writer. Meglio scrivere per se stessi e non avere pubblico, che… Read More The self
Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 –1964) was a British poet and critic. “I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.“ “Poetry is the deification of reality.“ “My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence”4 Sono paziente con la stupidità, ma non con coloro che ne… Read More Edith Sitwell
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