Citações: Dante Alighieri
menos de 1 minuto “Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.” Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet. Divina Commedia “Inferno” Cf. Mais Citações
Citações: Stephen Biko
menos de 1 minuto The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Stephen Biko 1946 – 1977: statement as witness, 3 May 1976
Citações: Herman Woulk
menos de 1 minuto . Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. Herman Woulk Cf. Abreviações: IRS Cf. Falsos Cognatos: TAX Cf. Falsos Cognatos: RETURN
Gems of Wisdom: Purest
menos de 1 minuto Jack Scholes A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Thomas Carlyle Purest One syllable adjectives usually form the comparative and superlative with –er, and –est: tall – taller – tallest. Adjectives with three or more syllables have more and most: intelligent – more intelligent – most intelligent. With many two-syllable adjectives (e.g. common) both are possible. Nowadays there is a gradual replacement of inflected comparatives and superlatives. ‘Commoner’ used to be ‘commoner’, but ‘more common’ is Continue lendo→
Citações: Oscar Wilde (2)
menos de 1 minuto Work is the curse of the drinking classes. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic …+
Citações: Michael Jordan (2)
menos de 1 minuto I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the …+