Category: Book-Quotes
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Les Misérables part 1
I think I’ve already mentioned that lately I’m on a classic reading vibe. You may wonder why. Well, seeing what is going on around the world, I concluded, let me put it this way: We humans still have a lot to learn. For that reason, I believe this kind of…
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Classic Read
I mentioned weeks ago that I’m focusing this period on reading classic literature, among them “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas, which I’ve already finished. It took me around a month, well, it was 1243 pages. I think it’s the best book I’ve read so far. It’s perfect…
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Blight
Currently, I’m reading the book “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. Well, it’s classical English literature; I occasionally enjoy reading some classics, which helps to widen my vocabulary. Furthermore, they contain endlessly valuable stories. Here is an excerpt that I found very fascinating, and I’d like to share…
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Young and Old
Youth and old age can do nothing if they do not act together, and what creates strength is the involvement of the immature with the mature and the wise. ~Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War ~ ©image: Allegory of Youth and Old Age by Angelo Caroselli
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Unfounded Hopes
When people desire something, they tend to rely on irrational hope, while they dismiss what is contrary to their desire with arbitrary reasoning. ~Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War~
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Book-Quote
Each of us is searching for the truth. Truth gives us clarity and assurance, so we can take further steps in life, feeling more secure. Especially in interactions with other people, since we hate to be told lies, most of all by those who are close to us. This excerpt…
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War Remnants – A Book Quote
This is a book quote from Amos Oz’s book A Tale of Love and Darkness. “I am tired… tired… a camp of belongings of the killed and wounded… Hardly anyone comes to pick up these things: no one will come to pick them up. Their owners are dead or lying…
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Alliances
I’m currently reading Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War. I want to quote an excerpt: it’s the scene where the Athenians and Corinthians, two enemies, ask the Spartans for an alliance. So, after hearing both sides, the Spartans had to decide with whom they would enter an alliance. That means whichever one…
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Wisdom
A few pages left, and I will have finished reading Marcel Proust’s “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower.” Second volume of “In Search of Lost Time.” As I mentioned in another prompt, it’s a challenging book but very interesting and inspiring. I stumbled over another interesting part from…
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Schiller-Goethe Part 1
I have the correspondence between Schiller and Goethe as a book. In that exchange, they discuss various matters, including their writing work, friends, children, wife, their state of mind, and sources of inspiration. Schiller sent manuscripts of his writing to Goethe for correction or to solicit his opinion, and vice…
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