“The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.”
- Daniel Defoe.

Translation
#danieldefoe

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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Translation
#harperlee

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“Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”
- Bram Stoker, Dracula.

Translation
#bramstoker

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“I’m ALIVE. Thinking about it, noticing it, is new. You do things and don’t watch. Then all of a sudden you look and see what you’re doing and it’s the first time, really.”
- Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine.

Translation
#raybradbury

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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
- Edith Wharton.

Translation
#edithwharton

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“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”
- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club.

Translation
#chuckpalahniuk

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“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Translation
#jkrowling

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“And that was all he was, a dog asleep in the sun. He saw noble and beautiful visions, but he could only whine and bark at Ruth. But he would cease sleeping in the sun. He would stand up, with open eyes, and he would struggle and toil and learn until, with eyes unblinded and tongue untied, he could share with her his visioned wealth.”
- Jack London, Martin Eden.

Translation
#jacklondon

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📓 Vocabulary Revision Tests 01/03 - 31/03
🗒 17 questions  ·  ⏱ ≈ 3 minutes

#exercises

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
- Emily Brontë.

Translation
#emilybrontë

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"...my legs may be too short for my body, but my head is too large, although I prefer to think it is just large enough for my mind. I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind... and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That's why I read so much, Jon Snow."
- George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones.

Translation
#georgerrmartin

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“Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?”
...
“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
“No, I give it up,” Alice replied: “What’s the answer?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.

Translation
#lewiscarroll

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“How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.”
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein.

Translation
#maryshelley

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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
- Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing.

#B1 #quotes #english #raybradbury
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“All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best”
- O. Henry.

Translation
#ohenry

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📓 Vocabulary Revision Tests 03/04 - 15/04
🗒 17 questions  ·  ⏱ ≈ 3 minutes

#exercises

If one day you feel like crying
Call me
I don’t promise you that
I will make you laugh
But I can cry with you

If one day you want to run away
Don’t be afraid to call me
I don’t promise to ask you to stop
But I can run with you

If one day you don’t
Want to listen to anybody
Call me and
I promise to be very quiet

If you ever need me
Call
And I will be by your side
But

If one day you call
And there is no answer
Come fast to see me
Perhaps I need you
- Robert J. Lavery.

#A2 #quotes #english #robertjlavery
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“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”
- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman.

Translation
#georgebernardshaw

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“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.
...
Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance and Other Essays.

Translation
#ralphwaldoemerson

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"I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody."
- Morgan Llywelyn.

Translation
#morganllywelyn

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