Category: English Essays
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do “Frame” said Milton, “was the last infirmity of the noble mind.” Ordinary people must be much …
It has been observed that they who most loudly clamour for liberty, do not most liberally grant it Those, who most loudly clamour for liberty, are usually the persons …
If men would think more, they would act less This statement reminds us of Hamlet who thought and thought and acted only when it was too late. It is …
We talk little if we do not talk about ourselves The statement applies to egoists, but since most of us are so, we delight in talking about ourselves. We …
Sweet are the uses of adversity Normally man is desirous of happiness and prosperity and dreads adversity. Hardship and suffering are naturally unwelcomed and man loves a life of …
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn; good and ill together Not a few of us are prone to believe that man’s life is nothing but …
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thought Man loves happiness and shuns sorrow. Happiness, however, is a rare blessing. Human life is more or less …
Kind hearts are more than coronets It is not everybody who can have a correct appreciation of different aspects of human life. Wealth, power, prestige, kindness, generosity, and fellow-feeling-all …
