Mid Week Quote: Paine

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

First of all a very big HELLO to all my new followers recently! Thank you for following my blog and I hope you enjoy reading it.

The quote this week is by Thomas Paine who wrote a series essays titled The American Crisis in 1776. He was also called ‘Father of the American Revolution’ because of his pamphlet Common Sense which was in defence of American independence from England.

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”

Thomas Paine 1776

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Mid Week Quote: Rosenbach

Happy Wednesday!

So far I have been getting quite a bit of reading done and it is only the 2nd October. Fingers crossed it continues.

The quote today is by Abraham Rosenbach who was a scholar and book seller based in Philadelphia.

“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”

Abraham Rosenbach 1936.

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Mid Week Quote: Phaedrus

Hello everyone.

I hope everyone is well and not succumbing to the coughs and colds that seem to be lurking everywhere.

This weeks quote is by Gaius Julius Phaedrus who was a Roman fabulist and Latin author. He is best known for translating entire books of fables into Latin, including Aesop’s Fables.

“Things are not always what they seem.”

Phaedrus Fables, Book IV c. 50 CE

Happy reading.

The picture above is a fresco by Raphael thought to be painted around 1509-11.

Mid Week Quote: Sima Qian

Happy Wednesday!

This weeks quote is from Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian. The records were started by Qian’s father and took about two decades to complete.

“Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.”

Sima Qian c. 109 BCE

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Mid Week Quote: Bede

Happy Wednesday Everybody.

I hope everyone is having a good month so far. I must admit my diary is looking scarier with each week in September so at the moment not much reading is happening sadly.

This weeks quote is one to think about as could reading about good deeds encourage good deeds, but also could reading about bad deeds encourage bad deeds?

This weeks quote is by a monk called Bede born in 673, who at the age of seven, became a junior monk under Benedict Biscop founder of the monastery of St Peter in Wearmouth. Bede moved to Jarrow where he lived until his death in 735. Bede’s great work was Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation.

“If history records good things of good men, the thoughtful hearer is encouraged to imitate what is good.”

Bede 731 CE

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Mid Week Quote

Happy Wednesday!

This week the schools are back and I am back teaching and already miss my reading time. Hopefully it will not impede my reading too much.

My chosen quote this week is by François-René de Chateaubriand who was a French novelist who had a great veneration for the beauty of the natural world.

“Achilles exists only through Homer. Take away the art of writing from this world, and you will probably take away its glory.”

François-René de Chateaubriand

Hope you all have a good week.

Mid Week Quote: P. G. Wodehouse

Happy Wednesday Everyone.

This weeks chosen quote is by an author I really want to read but at the moment his work is on my TBR list however my husband is currently working through his Jeeves and Wooster books.

This quote I completely agree with.

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”

P. G. Wodehouse

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Mid Week Quote: Euripides

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I hope everyone is having a good week so far.

This weeks quote is by Euripides who was born in Athens around 485 BCE. Euripides was a playwright who is thought to have written around ninety tragedies but sadly only nineteen have survived. The quote is taken from one of Euripides plays which only fragments survive of, it is about a young man thwarting his wicked stepmother’s plan to kill him.

“Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.”

Euripides

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Mid Week Quote: Sophocles

Greetings fellow readers.

Apologies I have been a bit quiet over the last few days, I have had friends visiting, so I have been having way too much fun visiting places, eating out, chatting and most importantly talking about books! I know I should have done some scheduled posts but I have fallen rather behind on that front. Hopefully I will catch up soon.

My chosen quote for today is by Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. Sophocles (c. 497/6-405/5 BC) wrote over 120 plays during his lifetime but sadly only 7 of these have survived. The quote below is from one of his plays that only fragments remain.

“Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.”

Sophocles

Happy reading.

Mid Week Quote: Bill Watterson

Today’s quote is based on my love of tea and reading, because what is better than drinking a mug of tea whilst reading a good book?

The quote is by Bill Watterson and if you are regular reader of my blog you will realise I have used one of Watterson’s quote before.

Bill Watterson born July 5, 1958 is an American former cartoonist, he is best known for the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.

“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”

Bill Watterson

Happy Wednesday everyone and happy reading.