Unkempt Thoughts
Author : Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
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Author : Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 36,36 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
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Author : Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
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Author : Mirosław Kuźniak
Publisher :
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : Willis Goth Regier
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0803217528
Erasmus advised readers to learn quotations by heart and copy them everywhere: write them in the front and back of books; inscribe them on rings and cups; paint them on doors and walls, ?even on the glass of a window.? Emerson noted that ?in Europe, every church is a kind of book or bible, so covered is it with inscriptions and pictures.? In Arabic script as tall as a man, the Koran is quoted on the walls and domes of mosques. ø We quote to admire, provoke, commemorate, dispute, play, and inspire. Quotations signal class, club, clique, and alma mater. They animate wit, relay prophecies, guide meditation, and accessorize fashion. ø In Quotology Willis Goth Regier draws on world literature and contemporary events to show how vital quotations are, how they are collected and organized, and how deceptive they can be. He probes all these aspects, identifying fifty-nine types of quotations, including misquotations and anonymous sayings. Following the logic of quotology, Quotology concludes with famous last words.
Author : Elizabeth Knowles
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0199208956
Containing more than 5,000 quotations from authors as diverse as Bertolt Brecht, George W. Bush, Homer Simpson, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, the dictionary is organized alphabetically by author, with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. This new edition features more than 500 new quotations and 187 new authors. The book includes special sections featuring quotations from cartoons, films, political slogans, famous last words, misquotations, official advice, newspaper headlines and more.
Author : Jean Albert Bédé
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231037174
With more than 1800 critical entries on the writers and literatures of 33 languages, this work presents the entire range of modern European writing -- from the symbolist and modernist works rooted in the last decades of the nineteenth century; through the avant-garde and existentialist movement to Barthes, Blanchot, Breton, and continental thought pertinent today.
Author : Ariba Saeed
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,72 MB
Release : 2018-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1543490255
One day, a little something blew into Elena Peirce’s life and it didn’t stop. She wakes up with all her memories gone and keeps finding leaves in her hair and cobwebs around her eyes. Soon she discovers what happened to her is worse than she could ever imagine. Slowly everything around her including herself begins to fall apart. She used to recognize herself but it’s strange how reflections can change with a little bit of madness. All Elena knows is that it is slowly becoming a part of her. It hides within her insanity. It is an echo of her movements. It shadows her. It is becoming. When something that you’ve had your entire life begins to chase you, what do you do? You run, of course. But how do you run when you are the monster? The world is filled of monsters with pretty faces. Elena just happened to be one. Will Elena give in to the madness, or will she save herself while risking everything she’s ever known?
Author : James Geary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 160819762X
Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through spirited and amusing biographies of some of its greatest practitioners, including Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker; great French aphorists like Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, and Chamfort; philosophers like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein; as well as prophets and sages like the Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Jesus. In our modern age, The World in a Phrase explores how aphorisms still retain the power to instigate and inspire, enlighten and enrage, entertain and edify. James Geary is the author of The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses. He lives in London with his wife and three children. "James Geary's celebration of the smallest-and sometimes wisest-of literary forms. Geary defines the characteristics of aphorisms and discusses their history and their role in his life, and shares the work of renowned aphorists from Buddha to Dr. Seuss."-Associated Press
Author : Bangambiki Habyarimana
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2013-08-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1304343146
Welcome to this collection of motivational and inspirational quotes. Collected from various books and different authors, these quotes are full of wisdom you need to shape your character and ensure you succeed in your private, social and professional life. Enjoy
Author : James Geary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 2008-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1596917881
Both an expert and a collector, James Geary has devoted his life to aphorisms-and the last few years to organizing, indexing, and even translating them. The result is Geary's Guide, featuring aphorists like Voltaire, Twain, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Woody Allen, Muhammad Ali, Emily Dickinson, and Mae West, as well as international practitioners appearing in English for the first time. But it is more than just a conventional anthology. It is also an encyclopedia, containing brief biographies of each author in addition to a selection of his or her aphorisms. The book is a field guide, too, with aphorists organized into eight different "species," such as Comics, Critics & Satirists; Icons & Iconoclasts; and Painters & Poets. The book's two indexes-by author and by subject-make it easily searchable, while its unique organizational structure and Geary's lively biographical entries set it apart from all previous reference works. A perfect follow-up to Geary's New York Times bestseller The World in a Phrase, Geary's Guide is eminently suitable for browsing or for sustained reading. A comprehensive guide to our most intimate, idiosyncratic literary form, the book is an indispensable tool for writers and public speakers as well as essential reading for all language lovers.