Learning!

"A little learning is a dangerous thing."

Alexander Pope was born in London on May 21, 1688 to Alexander Pope and his second wife Edith Turner. He was regarded as the greatest English poet of the early eighteenth century.

He was taught to read by his aunt and then sent to schools at Twyford and at Hyde Park Corner. He suffered from different health problems early at his childhood which deformed his body, stunned his growth and causing end his life at the age of 56 in 1744.

Alexander Pope's family moved in 1700 to small estate in Binfield, Berkshire. The poet described the countryside in the area in his poem "Windsor Forest". He embarked on an extensive reading in English, French, Italian, Latin and Greek poetry, through which he got those languages by reading those stories to please himself as he wrote in his biography.

Alexander Pope began his early literally career when his first volume of "Poetical Miscellanies" published in 1709 and then "The Pastorals" both of which were followed by "An Essay on Criticism" on 1711, made him fame. Alexander Pope published "Windsor Forest" on 1713 as a topographical poem celebrating the "Tory Peace" at the end of the "War of the Spanish Succession".

Alexander Pope had been mesmerized by Homer since his childhood, so he announced his thought to translate Homer's "Iliad" in 1713, which he did later when that work appeared duly between 1715 and 1720.

Alexander Pope published "Epistle to Burlington" on 1731. The first four poems from that work grouped under that title of "Moral Essays" which he published on 1735. He wrote "Essay on Man" on 1733-1734, and then followed it by the "Imitations of Horace" on 1733-1738.

Alexander Pope died on May 30, 1744 and buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Twickenham.

Innovations!

"As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time."

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), philosopher, essayist, author, poet, lawyer and statesman.

Sir Francis Bacon was born in York House, London, England on January 22, 1561 and died in London on April 9, 1626. His father Sir Nicolas Bacon was the Lord Keeper of the Seal of Elisabeth the 1st and his mother Ann Cooke Bacon was the second wife of Nicholas, a member of the Reformed/Puritan Church and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.

Sir Francis Bacon was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1573 at age 12, and he continued at the Gray's Inn School of Law. His father died when he was 18. His rich relatives did little to advance his career. Elisabeth apparently distrusted him. His career advanced when James the 1st became king. English literature led by Sir Francis Bacon and William Shakespeare grew during King James's reign.

Sir Francis Bacon was knighted in 1603, became attorney general in 1613, lord keepr in 1617; and was created Baron Verulam in 1618 and Viscount St Alban in 1621. Those titles became extinct upon his death.

Sir Francis Bacon considered as master of the English tongue, influential English writer of the late 16th and 17th century, and powerful speaker in Parliament and in famous trials.

Sir Francis Bacon was well known as the source of William Shakespeare's work and one of the renaissance leaders in England.

Sir Francis Bacon began his profession as a lawyer; and he become well known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His works establishes a Baconian method that implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation and testing of hypotheses.

He was accused of accepting bribes as Lord Chancellor in 1621, so he pleaded guilty and was fined £40.000, banished from court, disqualified from holding office, and sentenced to the Tower of London, though those banishments were remitted.

Passion!

"The biggest mistake people make in life is NOT making a living at doing what they most enjoy."


Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)

Malcolm Forbes was born on August 19, 1919 in Englewood, New Jersey. He was the third son of Scottish immigrants. His father Bertie Charles Forbes (May 14,1880 - May 6, 1954) founded Forbes Magazine in 1917. Malcolm Forbes took his father place in the Forbes magazine in 1957, after 3 years of his father's death. He became the sole owner of Forbes magazine after the death of Bruce Charles Forbes, his elder brother in 1964.

Malcolm Forbes was considered one of the most famous names in the World. Forbes magazine grew strong economy and manufacturing styles under his leadership. He diversified his publications into real estate sales and some other ventures, such as his latest projects. One of Malcolm Forbes's fabulous projects was the magazine Egg, which chronicled the night life of New York.

Malcolm Forbes acquired the richest expensive collectibles in the World, such as his Capitalist Toll jet, ever larger Highlander yachts, the nine Fabergé eggs, collection of Harley Davidson motorbikes, his French Chateau in Balleroy - Normandy, Hot air balloons, other huge art collection and fabulous birthday parties. One of those remarkable birthday parties was that of his 70th birthday party, when he chose the Palais du Mendoub, which Malcolm Forbes had acquired from the Moroccan government in 1970 in the northwestern city of Tangier, to celebrate his birthday.

Malcolm Forbes died in February 24, 1990 and his son Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. succeeded him as editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine.

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Relativity!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Relativity!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Tenderness!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Tenderness!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Ambitions!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Ambitions!

Chances!

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."

Thomas Jefferson was the third US President (1801-1809). He was born on April 13, 1743 in Albemarle County, Virginia and died on July 4, 1826 in Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia.

In 1752, Thomas Jefferson began attending a local school run by William Douglas, a Scottish reverend. He began studying the classical languages of Latin, Greek and French at the age of nine. He was taught at the school of James Maury in Fredericksburg parish from 1758 to 1760, where he studied history and natural science.

Thomas Jefferson studied at the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg at the age of 16 from 1760 to 1762. He entered philosophy school and studied mathematics, metaphysics and philosophy. Thomas Jefferson graduated in 1762 with highest honours and then studied law and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767.

Thomas Jefferson stood at a powerful position as an advocate of liberty; and he was well known as eloquent correspondent, but he was not a public speaker. In that direction he contributed his pen rather than his voice to the patriot cause in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress.

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence at the age of 33 while he was in the Congress. He wrote a bill for establishing religious freedom enacted in 1786.

Thomas Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. He entered into conflict with Alexander Hamilton (1st United States Secretary of the Treasury 1789-1795) while he was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet because of his sympathy for the French Revolution, so he resigned in 1793.

That conflict led to sharp political conflict which was developed to form the Federalists Party and the Democratic Republicans Party. Thomas Jefferson assumed leadership of the Republicans. So, while attacking Federalists policies, he opposed a strong centralized Government and championed the rights of states.

As he was a reluctant candidate for President in 1796, Thomas Jefferson came with three votes of election. He became Vice President, although he was an opponent of President John Adams, through a flaw in the Constitution.

While Thomas Jefferson assumed the Presidency in 1801, the crisis in France had passed. He suppressed his qualms over constitutionality, while the Constitution made no provision for the acquisition of new land, so he had the opportunity to acquire Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803.

Thomas Jefferson was very active in keeping the Nation from involvement in Napoleon's wars, though both France and England interfered with the neutral rights of the American merchants.

Thomas Jefferson retired to live in Monticello and to ponder some projects as his grand designs for the University of Virginia. He was succeeded by James Madison.

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Choices!

Dynamic Motivational Quotes and Insights!: Choices!

A thought!

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

Aristotle

Perfection!

"I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views."

Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president
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Ignorance!

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

Tomas Gray was born on December 26, 1716 near St. Michael's Church in Cornhill, London and died on July 30, 1771. He was an English poet and professor of history at Cambridge University in 1768. He was educated at Eton College and became a fellow at Peterhouse and then Pembroke College.

Thom Gray took the Grand Tour to other lands in Europe where he visited Copenhagen tracking stories about cats, which he found in H.C.Andersen’s tales.

Thomas Gray’s collections include: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes", "Selected Poems of Thomas Gray", Gray: Poetry and Prose", "Gray's Elegy and Goldsmith's the Deserted Village, the Traveller and Other Poems", "Gray and Collins: Poetical Works", and "Poems by Mr. Gray",

This proverb is from one of his poetry "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" he wrote in 1742. Some sources say this verse was written in 1747.

Integrity!

"When you're at Rome do as the Romans do."

English proverb
This proverb was not first found as an English proverb, because the English version from this proverb was found in 1669 and it says: "When thou art at Rome, thou must do as Rome does." Both versions are invented from a message written by St. Augustine in the fourth century.

Accuracy!

"It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American influential poet, linguist, and educator. He was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine; but lived most of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he died on March 24, 1882.

His family came to America in 1676 from Yorkshire, England. His father Stephen Longfellow was Portland advocate and congressman, while his grandfather Peleg Wadsworth was a
general in the American Revolution.

Henry Wadsworth was educated at Portland Academy and Bowdoin College where he offered a professorship after graduation in 1825. He travelled to Europe 1826-1829 and became the first professor of modern languages at Bowdoin when he returned.

Henry Wadsworth wrote some books in French, Spanish and Italian. He offered the Smith Professorship of Spanish and French at Harvard in 1834 after having him travelled to Europe to perfect his German language. He then began publishing his poetry "Voices of the Night" in 1839 and "Ballads and Other Poems" including his famous poem "The Village Blacksmith" in 1841. He
offered the Doctorate of Laws from Harvard in 1859.

Henry Wadsworth's works include complete poetical works and other writing genres, both of which includes - The Song of Hiawatha, Hiawatha, Paul Revere's Ride, The Rainy Day, Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine Comedy, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Failure!

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

Bill Cosby - William Henry Cosby was born on July 12, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is an American author, writer and actor. He is well known as an American comedian. He is one of the popular and influential US' entertainers and performers. He established his own TV show series called the Bill Cosby Show in 1969 (about middle-class African American), as he created the educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, acted in some films, hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things and continued appearing on the stand-up circuit to perform his brand of comedy.

Bill Cosby earned the nickname of America's Dad for his own creation of show materials from different tales, he made often while dealing with his own family. He has been sought-after spokesman for products like Pudding, Coca-Cola and Jell-O.

Bill Cosby studied physical education at Temple University, Philadelphia in 1961 and left it to pursue his career in comedy. He exposed nationally on NBC's Tonight Show on NBC in 1963 and released Very Funny Fellow Right a series comedy album in 1964. He starred with Poitier on the New Bill Cosby Show. He pursued his education at the University of Massachusetts.

Bill Cosby received some Honorary Doctorates from some universities: from the University of Cincinnati on 2001, from West Chester University of Pennsylvania on 2003, and from Baylor University on 2003. He received also some other Honours and Rewards like Kennedy Centre Honours on 1998, Presidential Medal of Freedom on 2002, Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Berkley College of Music on 2004 and he won Bob Hope Humanitarian Award on 2003.

Bill Cosby criticizes the Black Americans in May 2004 at Washington's Constitution Hall while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education, for putting higher priorities on sports and fashion than on education, and the way they're speaking English. He said about the lower economic, that African Americans are willing to pay $ 500 for sneakers but not half that amount for educational tools.

Bill Cosby donated millions of Dollars to black colleges and black causes.

As a successful comedian, he also has works in Books such as:
Fatherhood - Time Flies - Love and Marriage - Kids Say the Darndest Things - Congratulations! Now What? A Book for Graduates - I Am What I Ate...and I'm Frightened - Friends of a Feather - and, Childhood. You can find these books at amazon as you can find other vidoes and DVDs.

Genius!

"A genius is a talented person who does his homework."

Thomas Edison

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Truth!

"Truth is our most valuable commodity, so let us economize."

Mark Twain

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INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES AND INSIGHTS