Rampant ambition is addictive to those who practise it
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“L’ambizione sfrenata crea dipendenza in coloro che la praticano”
Categoria: Aphorism
Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 17th Lesson
You cannot write in a dignified manner if you have not fed and are not feeding more than abundantly on good reading
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Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 16th Lesson
It takes more courage to leave a beautiful flower in its meadow
than to pick it
“Bauerngarten”, G. Klimt (1907)
Ci vuole più coraggio a lasciare un fiore bellissimo in un prato che a coglierlo
Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher-15th Lesson
If you love yourself and your world even in perfect solitude
you really love yourself
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Se ami te stessa e il tuo mondo anche in perfetta solitudine
ti ami davvero
Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 14th Lesson
Use Shadow only to rest your eyes
from the Light by which you get dressed
“Donna seduta”, S. Dalì (1920)
“Usa l’Ombra solo per riposare gli occhi dalla Luce con cui ti vesti”
L. Guida
Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 13th Lesson
Good habits are like juicy pomegranate grains: you can gently taste them after a painstaking digging job
“Le buone abitudini sono simili ai chicchi succosi di una melagrana: vanno assaporati lentamente, dopo un lavoro certosino di scavo”.
Lucia Guida
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Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 12th Lesson
“In Love, Convenience and Passion travel on tracks that will never meet”
“Amore e comodità in amore viaggiano su binari distanti”
L. Guida
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Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 11th Lesson
“Exercising Power may weaken people. That is because Hearts and Minds of those that use it may progressively become poorer”
“L’esercizio del potere può indebolire le persone, perché il cuore e le menti di coloro che lo usano possono diventare progressivamente più poveri”
L. Guida
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Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 10th Lesson
“If you are perfectly in tune with yourself, you are never alone”
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“Se sei in sintonia perfetta con te stesso non sei mai solo”
L. Guida
Thinking and Writing as an English Teacher – 9th Lesson
“A puppet streered by a clever female pupetteeer always remains a puppet.
And when his mistress disappears, he miserably plumps down on the stage.”
Opera di Bruno Gianesi
“Una marionetta manovrata da un’abile pupara resta sempre una marionetta. E quando la sua padrona scompare, si affloscia miseramente sul palcoscenico.”
L. Guida
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