Michel de Montaigne was a great thinker of the Renaissance as well as a famous essayist, sometimes accredited with the invention of the essay writing form. ... In his Essays, his most famous work, he took himself as his object of study, and attempted to "assay" (weigh) his own nature and opinions as a model to study all humankind. ... Police forces exist only in a state, and Montaigne's quote does not only refer to laws in a state. ... This quote is a comment on the way in which people perceive not only the law, but history itself. ... The above quote is not a st...

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At act three, scene 1, Hamlet made the famous "To be or not to be" speech. ... In this quote parallelism is the major figurative language being used, Hamlet was talking about all the negative of life, he thinks there are just too many of these negative things in one's life, why would anyone choose this suffering. This is a serious question being shown from this quote, Hamlet is deeply depressed about all those negative things happened in his life, he may consider to commit suicide. ... This quote in the conjunction with other two previous quotes shows the conflicted but contemp...

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A famous quote said by Henry Ward Beecher in "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit" in 1887. When I came across this quote I was very intrigued by it because the more I read it the more I concluded that it related magnificently to the piece of work I had chosen. ...

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The Downfall of Modernization "The grass is always greener on the other side" is a common quote spoken by many. ... In "Homeplace", Sanders explains just the opposite of the quote's definition while preaching about the pleasures of the confines of one's home and homeland. ... Perhaps Dickens, a famous author, best reinforces this theory when he wrote, "An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself." ...

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In philosophy, I admire one famous modern philosopher, who had several extraordinary contributions to philosophy in France, is Rene Descartes (Lavine 86). In Descartes's theory of animal, he contributed a quote, which is that "animals cannot use language to express themselves" as we do when placing our thoughts on record for the benefit of others, or in other words using language to make known ones thoughts in a meaningful manner (Lavine 118). He also showed his famous method of doubt, "I think therefore I am," is the basis of his theory of knowledge known as dualism (...

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She investigates how other famous authors perceived the life of the Indians and their problems with the Europeans. ... She supports this by quoting over five different authors who wrote about the European-Indian relationship. ...

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"Cogito ergo sum", translates to "I think, therefore I am" in English, is a famous quote written by René Descartes. ... (Mediation. 2, Oeuvres de Descartes 7:25) Descartes explains his proposition very well in the quote above. ...

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"My father's brother, but no more like my father/ Than I to Hercules" (152-153); this quote is stating Hamlet doubts his strength and/or heroic capabilities. ... Another clue can be found in the quote, "O, what a rogue and peasant slave I am" (2.2 550). ... The final clue is in his famous suicidal thoughts. ...

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a notable aviator and author, was born on June 29th, 1900 in Lyon, France to an aristocratic family. The third of five children, his parents were the Count Jean de Saint Exupery and the Countess Marie de Fonscolombe. His first novella, entitled L'Aviateur (The Aviator), was...

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The tale of Hamlet is a classic one. Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and is told that his own brother killed him. Hamlet is disturbed by this visitation and then attempts to seek revenge on his father's death. Throughout Hamlet seeking his revenge, he is accused of being insane. Hamlets char...

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The tale of Hamlet is a classic one. Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and is told that his own brother killed him. Hamlet is disturbed by this visitation and then attempts to seek revenge on his father's death. Throughout Hamlet seeking his revenge, he is accused of being insane. Hamlets ...

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