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Vanity Fair Faust
a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847–48,satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. The book's titlecomes from John Bunyan's allegorical story The Pilgrim's Progress,first published in 1678 and still widely read at the time ofThackeray's novel. Vanity fair refers to a stop along the pilgrim'sprogress: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, whichis meant to represent man's sinful attachment to worldly things.The novel is now considered a classic, and has inspired severalfilm adaptations.
Voltaire Quotes Galileo
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known byhis "nom de plume" Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer,historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on theestablished Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom ofreligion, freedom of expression, and separation of church andstate. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almostevery literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, andhistorical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 lettersand more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspokenadvocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him inunder the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satiricalpolemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticizeintolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of hisday.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes Fabius
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 –April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was anAmerican statesman and political leader who served as the 32ndPresident of the United States. A Democrat, he won a record fourelections and served from March 1933 to his death in April 1945. Hewas a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century,leading the United States during a time of worldwide economicdepression and total war. His program for relief, recovery andreform, known as the New Deal, involved the great expansion of therole of the federal government in the economy. A dominant leader ofthe Democratic Party, he built the New Deal Coalition that unitedlabor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans,and rural white Southerners.
Ronald Reagan Quotes Faust
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was anAmerican politician, commentator, and actor, who served as the 40thPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to hispresidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967to 1975, following a career as an actor and union leader inHollywood.
Goethe Quotes Faust
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was aGerman writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic andlyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose andverse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aestheticcriticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and fournovels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments,more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him areextant.
History of Julius Caesar Faust
The Roman hero was Caesar. He was born just one hundred yearsbefore the Christian era. His renown does not depend, like that ofAlexander, on foreign conquests, nor, like that of Hannibal, on theterrible energy of his aggressions upon foreign foes, but upon hisprotracted and dreadful contests with, and ultimate triumphs over,his rivals and competitors at home.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Faust
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde,first published complete in the July 1890. The Picture of DorianGray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers,some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution forviolating the laws guarding the public morality.
Cyrus the Great Charisma
Under his rule, the empire embraced alltheprevious civilized states of the ancient Near East, expandedvastlyand eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much ofCentralAsia and the Caucasus. From the Mediterranean Sea andHellespont inthe west to the Indus River in the east, Cyrus theGreat createdthe largest empire the world had yet seen.
William the Conqueror Faust
The Norman Conquest was, in fact, the accession of William, dukeofNormandy, to the English throne. This accession was notaltogethera matter of military force, for William claimed a rightto thethrone, which, if not altogether perfect, was, as hemaintained, atany rate superior to that of the prince against whomhe contended.But the right to rule was, in those days, rather moreopenly andnakedly, though not much more really, than it is now, theright ofthe strongest.
Sophocles Quotes Genghis Khan
Sophocles (c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancientGreektragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays werewrittenlater than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than orcontemporary withthose of Euripides. According to the Suda, a10th-centuryencyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during thecourse of hislife, but only seven have survived in a completeform: Ajax,Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King,Electra,Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years,Sophocleswas the most-fêted playwright in the dramaticcompetitions of thecity-state of Athens that took place during thereligious festivalsof the Lenaea and the Dionysia. He competed inaround 30competitions, won perhaps 24, and was never judged lowerthan secondplace. Aeschylus won 14 competitions, and was sometimesdefeated bySophocles, while Euripides won only 4 competitions.
Hannibal - by Jacob Abbot Faust
Hannibal was a Carthaginian general. He acquired hisgreatdistinction as a warrior by his desperate contests with theRomans.Rome and Carthage grew up together on opposite sides oftheMediterranean Sea. For about a hundred years they wagedagainsteach other most dreadful wars. There were three of thesewars. Romewas successful in the end, and Carthage was entirelydestroyed.
The Expansion Of Europe Faust
One of the most remarkable features of the modern age has beentheextension of the influence of European civilisation over thewholeworld. This process has formed a very important element inthehistory of the last four centuries, and it has beenstrangelyundervalued by most historians, whose attention has beentooexclusively centred upon the domestic politics, diplomacies,andwars of Europe.
Victor Hugo Quotes Faust
Victor Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was aFrenchpoet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Heisconsidered one of the greatest and best known French writers.InFrance, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry butalsorests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Amongmanyvolumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende dessièclesstand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France,hisbest-known works are the acclaimed novels Les Misérables, 1862,andNotre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The HunchbackofNotre-Dame). He also produced more than 4,000 drawings, whichhavesince been admired for their beauty, and earned widespreadrespectas a campaigner for social causes such as the abolition ofthedeath penalty.
Mark Twain Quotes 1.0
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21,1910),better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an Americanauthor andhumorist. He is most noted for his novel The Adventuresof TomSawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of HuckleberryFinn(1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel".Amongother jobs he was a master riverboat pilot on theMississippiRiver. Next he turned to journalism. While a reporter,he wrote ahumorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CalaverasCounty,"which became very popular and brought nationwide attention.Twainwas born during a visit by Halley's Comet, and he predictedthat hewould "go out with it" as well. He died the day followingthecomet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatestAmericanhumorist of his age," and William Faulkner called Twain"the fatherof American literature."
