Today’s quote is one I have read several times whilst doing my Masters work and I rather love it so I thought I would share it with you all. I must admit I always do try to see some good in books even if they are not my cup of tea.
Happy Reading
Happy Wednesday Everyone!
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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.
Thomas Paine 1776
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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.
Abraham Rosenbach 1936.
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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.
Phaedrus Fables, Book IV c. 50 CE
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The picture above is a fresco by Raphael thought to be painted around 1509-11.
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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.
Sima Qian c. 109 BCE
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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.
Bede 731 CE
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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.
François-René de Chateaubriand
Hope you all have a good week.
