How many coming men one has known!
Where on earth do they all go to?
(Arhur Pinero.)
Κατηγορία: Languages
Οι γλώσσες της σελίδας.
Churton Collins, «Never claim…»
Never claim as a right
what you can ask as a favour.
(Churton Collins: English Review.)
Swift, «’Tis an old maxim…»
‘Tis an old maxim in the schools,
That flattery’s the food of fools…
(Swift: Cadenus and Vanessa.)
John Selden, «Never tell…»
Never tell your resolution beforehand.
(John Selden: Table Talk.)
Samuel Butler, «The nearest way…»
The nearest way to honour
is to have none at all.
(Samuel Butler (I): Prose Observations.)
Henrik Ibsen, «When we dead awaken…»
When we dead awaken…
We see that we have never lived.
(Henrik Ibsen: When we dead awaken.)
Henrik Ibsen, «A thousand words…»
A thousand words can’t make the mark
a single deed will leave.
(Henrik Ibsen: Brand.)
Henrik Ibsen, «To write…»
To write is to preside at
judgement day over one’s self.
(Henrik Ibsen: Poems.)
Henrik Ibsen, «To live…»
To live is to battle the demons
in the heart as well as the brain.
(Henrik Ibsen: Poems.)
Shakespeare, «Men shut their doors…»
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
(Shakespeare: Timon of Athens.)