Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (né le 29 juin 1900 à Lyon et disparu en vol le 31 juillet 1944 au large de Marseille) – écrivain et aviateur français – auteur du “Petit Prince”. ⭐ “C’est une folie de haïr toutes les roses parce que une épine vous a piqué, d’abandonner tous les rêves parce que l’un… Read More ⭐ Nouvelles/New Chances ⭐ ⭐ Nuove opportunità ⭐
Blaise Pascal (19 juin 1623 – 1662) mathématicien and philosophe français. ➰ “Si tous les hommes savaient ce que d’autres disent d’eux, il n’y aurait pas quatre amis dans le monde.” ➰ “Se tutti gli uomini sapessero cosa gli altri dicono di loro, non ci sarebbero quattro amici al mondo.” ➰ “If all men knew… Read More Blaise Pascal et l’amitié
WE’RE GOING TO BE FRIENDS Fall is here, hear the yell Back to school, ring the bell Brand new shoes, walking blues Climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we are gonna be friends I can tell that we are gonna be friends Walk with me, Suzy Lee Through the park… Read More A song: “We’re Going to be Friends”
🎥 “Meeting kids is harder than meeting adults.” – Auggie 🎥 “If you don’t like where you are, picture where you want to be.” – Auggie 🎥 “We all need a standing ovation at least once in our life.” – Auggie 🎥 “Be kind for everyone is fighting a hard battle. And if you… Read More “Wonder”: quotes
The incident in the wood makes Auggie popular and accepted by the rest of the class. At the end of the school year, at graduation, after Isabel comments on him being a “wonder”, the boy is given the annual medal to acknowledge his great work as a student and as a person. Auggie has endured… Read More “Wonder” – the film (5)
He then forms a new friendship with a girl named Summer and tells her about his split with Jack, who is really puzzled by Auggie’s change in attitude towards him, but soon realizes his fault and has even a fight with Julian who has insulted Auggie, to defend him. Later he apologizes to Auggie, so… Read More “Wonder” – the film (4)
At school he is bullied by many of his classmates, led by Julian, and initially ostracized by nearly the entire student body, who spread the rumour that if they touch him, they will catch the “plague“, but he is appreciated by his teachers, especially Mr Brownie, a kind and inspirational person whose approach to literature… Read More “Wonder” – the film (3)
REGRET is feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something done or left undone. It comes from Old French regreter and Modern French regretter from re-, intensive prefix + –greter, possibly from some Germanic source (Old English grætan “to weep;”) REMORSE is a deep feeling of regret for an action deemed to be shameful, hurtful,… Read More Regrets & Remorse
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 🎭
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” (H. Hoover) Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 –-1964), America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy fell into the Great Depression. Even though his predecessors’ policies contributed to the crisis, Hoover bore much of the blame in the… Read More Herbert Hoover
