Mary Wollstonecraft was an influential English social philosopher and pioneering advocate of women’s rights.She was born in London on 27 April 1759 and died at the age of 38, eleven days after the birth of her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who would marry Shelley and become the author of “Frankenstein”. Three quotes: ➰ “No… Read More Mary Wollstonecraft
Today, Thursday, 4 April 2024, is the 56th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed in Memphis on Thursday, 4 April 1968. Here are three quotes for us to ponder: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to… Read More Martin Luther King
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***** Recorded Reading (0:30): https://www.dropbox.com/s/iia097fko6iize4/Rudderless.mp3?dl=0 ***** Rudderless Lived a life of lenienceActed on convenienceNow the chips they fallI have no clue at all Didn’t do what seemed too hardEasy for easy rewardWent along to get along —Now I can’t tell right from wrong ***** This poet is physically disabled.…
“A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” ～Joseph Conrad “Evil is not something superhuman, it’s something less than human.” ～Agatha Christie but fortunately: “No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.”(⇐ “Nulli sunt… Read More Evil
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” “We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.” William James, American psychologist and… Read More Life
Daphne du Maurier, born on 13 May 1907, was an English novelist and playwright. After publishing her first novel, “The Loving Spirit”, when she was only 22, she went on writing other works, many of which were successfully adapted into films, including the novels “Rebecca” (see here), “Frenchman’s Creek”, “My Cousin Rachel”, “Jamaica Inn”, and… Read More Daphne Du Maurier
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton was an English historian, politician and writer commonly known as Lord Acton.He was born in Naples, Italy, on 10 January 1834.The birth certificate, written in Italian, described his father as Don Ferdinando Riccardo Acton, “Lord-in-Waiting to His Majesty Whom God preserve” and English Baronet, and his mother… Read More Lord Acton (1)
“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” “Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm; but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it… Read More T.S. Eliot & Evil
Haile Selassie I born Ras Tafari Makonnen (23 July 1892 –1975) was regent of Ethiopia from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974. ♠ “Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of… Read More Haile Selassie on the Triumph of Evil
🔴”No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.” (A Vindication of the Rights of Men – 1790) ⭕ “Nessun uomo sceglie il male perché è il male; lo scambia solo per la felicità, per il bene che cerca” Mary Wollstonecraft was born in London on… Read More Mary Wollstonecraft
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