[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2195},["ShallowReactive",2],{"authors":3,"words":1852,"preverbs":2124},[4,84,91,101,146,162,174,186,197,216,224,269,326,338,360,388,406,443,452,480,493,498,508,535,547,553,567,578,585,606,624,639,652,671,679,691,725,737,746,766,802,815,830,838,846,858,874,886,893,900,918,933,944,952,974,986,1002,1015,1046,1059,1149,1167,1178,1188,1198,1225,1238,1250,1261,1283,1292,1307,1328,1333,1339,1383,1407,1452,1473,1486,1497,1506,1521,1587,1604,1628,1636,1667,1677,1695,1702,1717,1729,1749,1754,1774,1789,1801,1807,1822,1830,1839,1846],{"born":5,"dead":6,"en_meta_desc":7,"en_quotes":8,"id":38,"img":39,"img_height":40,"img_width":41,"name":42,"related-person":43,"surname":46,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":48},1809,1865,"Inspirational and motivational quotes by Abraham Lincoln at Wordsfromlife.com, visit for 16th president of United States Abraham Lincoln quotes!",[9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37],"Whatever you are, be a good one.","America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.","I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.","Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.","There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.","When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.","Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.","I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.","I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.","If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?","Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing.","My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.","No man is poor who has a Godly mother.","All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.","Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.","I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.","I will prepare and some day my chance will come.","No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.","The best way to predict your future is to create it.","The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.","Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.","All I have learned, I learned from books.","Nearly all men can stand \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwords\u002Fadversity\">adversity\u003C\u002Fa>, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.","Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.","Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?","Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.","Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.","Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.","I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.","abraham-lincoln","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fabraham-lincoln.jpeg",339,600,"Abraham",[44,45],"benjamin-franklin","george-washington","Lincoln","",[49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,69,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83],"Karakter ağaç ise, şan ve şeref o ağacın gölgesi gibidir; biz hep gölgeyi düşünürüz oysa gerçek olan ağacın kendisidir.","Hayatta olduğum, olacağım her şeyi güzel anneme borçluyum.","Eğer bir ağacı kesmek için bir saatim olsaydı, ilk kırkbeş dakikada sadece baltamı bilerdim.","Neredeyse bütün erkekler güçlüklere dayanabilir, ama bir adamın karakterini test etmek istiyorsan, ona güç ver.","Başkalarının hürriyetlerini tanımayanlar, hürriyete layık değildir.","Ya hür bir millet olarak yaşayalım ya da ölelim.","Güç süreklidir; ama gücün kazandığı zaferlerin ömrü pek kısa olur.","Siz içkiyi savunabilirsiniz ama içki sizi asla savunmaz.","Ne kadar mutlu olmaya karar vermişseniz o kadar mutlu olursunuz.","Hatadan korkan bir insan hiçbir şey yapamaz.","Gelecek senin notlarındır, geçmişse sınavın.","Kendinizle ilgili iyi hissettiğinizde enerjiniz pozitif titreşir. Enerjiniz pozitif titreşirken kendinize pozitif şeyleri çekersiniz. İstediklerinizin olması için; pozitif titreşime geçmeniz zorunludur.","İyi bir iş yaptığımda kendimi iyi, kötü bir iş yaptığımda kendimi kötü hissediyorum. İnandığım tek din bu!","Konuşup da aptallığınızı ortaya koyacağınıza, konuşmayın da hiç olmazsa herkesin şüphesi kalsın.","Unutma, yarın geride kalan ömrümüzün ilk günüdür.","Politikacılar halkın çıkarlarından farklı çıkarlara sahip olan insanlar topluluğudur.","Başka ulusları özgürlüklerinden edenler er geç kendileri de özgürlüklerinden olurlar.","Kimse kimseyi rızası olmadan yönetemez.","Bana okuduğum kitapların en güzelinin hangisi olduğunu sorarsanız söyleyeyim; Annemdir.","Bir ülke, yarı köle yarı özgür insanlardan oluşursa yaşayamaz.","Aynaya baktığında başka birini görmek istemiyorsan kendin gibi ol.","Tecrübeme göre eğitimsiz kimselerin erdemleri de azdır.","Bazı insanları her zaman, bütün insanları da bazen kandırabilirsiniz; ama bütün insanları her zaman kandıramazsınız.","Evsiz biri başkasının evini yıkmaya çalışmamalı, çalışıp kendine bir ev yapmalıdır.","Hemen herkes sıkıntıya göğüs gerebilir ama insanın asıl karakteri eline kuvvet geçtiğinde ortaya çıkar.","Alkışlara inanmayın; çoğunluk alkışlıyorsa iyi, güzel ama alkışlayanlar ya dalkavukların elleriyse.","Muhafazakarlık nedir? Eski ve denenmişe hayran olmamak, yeni ve denenmemişe muhalif olmak değil midir?","Eğer en zayıf noktanız insanlara dostluk göstermenizse, siz dünyanın en güçlü insanısınız.","Geleceğin en iyi yanı, her günün teker teker gelmesidir.","Eğer ilk önce nerede olduğumuzu ve nereye meylimiz olduğunu bilirsek, ne yapmamız gerektiğini ve nasıl yapacağımızı iyi değerlendirebiliriz.","Ormanda kıvılcım çıkarmaya teşebüs edenler, yalnızca bir tutam aydınlık için övülebilirler. Aslında onlardan geriye kalan, kalın bir toz bulutu ve kendilerinin de karıştığı etten ve kemikten siyah kül yığınıdır.","Diplomasi, insanları kendilerini gördükleri gibi tarif edebilmektir.","Eğer karşınızdaki kişiye, bütün kalbin ve yeteneklerinle yardım etmeyi kabul edebiliyorsan, işte o zaman onu eleştirebilirsin. Bu olumlu eleştiridir.","Demokrasi, halkın halk tarafından halk için idaresidir.","Geçmişini sadece özlemek istemiyorsan ayak izlerini kaybetmemelisin.",{"born":85,"dead":86,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":87,"name":88,"surname":89,"tr_meta_desc":90,"tr_quotes":47},1901,1962,"ahmet-hamdi-tanpinar","Ahmet Hamdi","Tanpınar","Türk şair, romancı ve deneme yazarı Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar'ın en güzel sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":92,"dead":93,"en_meta_desc":94,"en_quotes":95,"id":97,"img":98,"img_height":40,"img_width":41,"name":99,"surname":100,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},"1913","1960","All inspirational and motivational quotes by French philosopher, author and journalist Albert Camus at Wordsfromlife.com. Click now!",[96],"Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.","albert-camus","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Falbert-camus.jpg","Albert","Camus",{"born":102,"dead":103,"en_meta_desc":104,"en_quotes":105,"id":120,"img":121,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":99,"related-person":123,"surname":127,"tr_meta_desc":128,"tr_quotes":129},"1879","1955","All the inspiring and motivating words of Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Albert Einstein are on Wordsfromlife.com. Click now!",[106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,109,115,116,117,118,119],"Imagination is more important than knowledge","Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.","Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding.","Only two things are infinite the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former.","If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.","Weak people revenge, strong people forgive, intelligent people ignore.","A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future.","If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.","The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.","The only source of knowledge is experience.","The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.","Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.","Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.","The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.","albert-einstein","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Falbert-einstein.jpg",350,[124,125,126],"nikola-tesla","thomas-edison","alexander-graham-bell","Einstein","Nobel ödüllü teorik fizikçi Albert Einstein'ın tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Hemen tıklayın!",[130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145],"Hayal gücü bilgiden daha önemlidir.","Dünden ders alın. Bugünü yaşayın. Yarın için umutlu olun. En önemli şey sorgulamayı elden bırakmamaktır.","Barış, kaba güçle tesis edilemez. Barış ancak karşıdakileri anlamakla mümkün olur.","Salaklık ve dahilik arasında bir fark vardır. O da dahiliğin belli bir sınırının olmasıdır.","Basit bir biçimde izah edemiyorsanız yeterince iyi anlamamışsınız demektir.","Zayıf insanlar intikam alır, güçlü insanlar affeder, zeki insanlar görmezden gelir.","Mutlu bir adam, gelecek üzerinde çok fazla duramayacak kadar şimdiki zamandan memnundur.","Mutlu bir hayat yaşamak istiyorsanız hayatınızı bir amaca bağlayın, kişilere veya eşyalara değil.","Önemli olan sorgulamayı bırakmamaktır. Merakın kendi var olma nedeni vardır.","Sadece iki şey sonsuzdur, evren ve insanın aptallığı ve ilkinden emin değilim.","Bilginin tek kaynağı tecrübedir.","Dünya tehlikeli bir yer. Bunun nedeni ise insanların kötü olması değil, kötülük konusunda bir şey yapmamalarıdır.","Başarılı biri olmaya değil, değerli biri olmaya çalışın.","Eğitim, okulda öğrenilen şeyleri unuttuktan sonra geriye kalan şeydir.","Eğitimin amacı, bağımsız hareket eden ve düşünen bireylerin yetiştirilmesi olmalıdır; ancak, topluluğa hizmeti en yüksek yaşam sorunu olarak görmelidirler.","Dünden öğren, bugün için yaşa, yarın için umut et. Önemli olan sorgulamayı bırakmamaktır.",{"born":147,"dead":148,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":149,"id":126,"img":153,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":154,"related-person":155,"surname":157,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":158},"1847","1922",[150,151,152],"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.","Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.","A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Falexander-graham-bell.jpeg","Alexander Graham",[156,125],"marie-curie","Bell",[159,160,161],"Bazen kapanmakta olan bir kapıya o kadar uzun süre bakakalırız ki; açık olanı çok geç görürüz.","Tüm düşüncelerinizi elinizdeki işe yoğunlaştırın. Güneş ışınları odaklanmadan yakmaz.","Genel kural şudur:Bir insanın doğuştan getirdiklerinin pek bir önemi yoktur. İnsanı insan yapan, kendisini nasıl değiştirdiğidir.",{"born":163,"dead":164,"en_meta_desc":165,"en_quotes":166,"id":168,"img":169,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":170,"surname":171,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":172},1799,1837,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous poet and writer Alexander Pushkin at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[167],"Inspiration is an ability to put yourself in a working condition.","alexander-pushkin","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Falexander-pushkin.jpeg","Alexander","Pushkin",[173],"İlham, kendinizi çalışır duruma getirme yeteneğidir.",{"born":175,"dead":176,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":177,"id":181,"img":182,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":184,"surname":185,"tr_meta_desc":47},1831,1919,[178,179,180],"Kindness is always fashionable and always welcome.","There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fmediocrity\">Mediocrity\u003C\u002Fa> is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.","amelia-barr","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Famelia-barr.jpeg",338,"Amelia","Barr",{"born":187,"dead":188,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":189,"id":193,"img":194,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":195,"surname":196,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1860,1904,[190,191,192],"Wisdom... comes not from age, but from education and learning.","The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.","Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.","anton-chekhov","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fanton-chekhov.jpeg","Anton","Chekhov",{"born":198,"dead":199,"en_meta_desc":200,"en_quotes":201,"id":205,"img":206,"img_height":41,"img_width":207,"name":208,"related-person":209,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":212},"384 BC","322 BC","All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous polymath and philosopher Aristotle at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Aristotle quotes!",[202,203,204],"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.","Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.","Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.","aristotle","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Faristotle.jpeg",448,"Aristotle",[210,211],"plato","socrates",[213,214,215],"Kendini bilmek tüm bilgeliğin başlangıcıdır.","Yetenekleriniz ve dünyanın ihtiyaçlarının kesiştiği yerde mesleğiniz yatar.","Sabır acıdır ama meyvesi tatlıdır.",{"born":217,"dead":187,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":218,"id":219,"img":220,"img_height":221,"img_width":41,"name":222,"surname":223,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1788,[47],"arthur-schopenhauer","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Farthur-schopenhauer.jpeg",767,"Arthur","Schopenhauer",{"born":225,"dead":226,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":227,"id":242,"img":243,"img_height":244,"img_width":41,"name":245,"related-person":246,"surname":250,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":251},1632,1677,[228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241],"A free man thinks of nothing less than of death and his wisdom is a meditation. Not on death but on life.","We feel and know that we are eternal.","The world would be much happier if men were as fully able to keep silence as they are to speak.","Love or hatred towards a thing, which we conceive to be free, must, other things being similar, be greater than if it were felt towards a thing acting by necessity.","If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.","The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.","Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.","Everything excellent is a difficult as it is rare.","The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.","Desire is the essence of a man.","Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.","As nature preserves a fixed and immutable order; it must clearly follow that miracles are only intelligible as a relation to human opinions and merely mean events of which the natural cause cannot be explained by a reference to any ordinary occuren.","When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.","Those who cannot manage themselves and their private affairs will far less be capable of caring for the public interest.","baruch-spinoza","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbaruch-spinoza.jpeg",729,"Baruch",[247,248,249],"bernard-baruch","hermann-hesse","jack-london","Spinoza",[252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268],"Kalpler silahla değil, sevgi ve yüksek gönüllülükle yenilirler.","İnsanlar bize zarar verdikleri için değil; yaptıkları haksızlıklarla ruhumuzun ışığını söndürüp içimizdeki kötülüğün başkaldırmasına sebep oldukları için korkunçlar.","Gönül eli bol olmadı mı, zengin pis bir dilencidir.","İnsan tutkuları yenerek tanrıya ulaşır.","Çoğu zaman hastalık gözüyle bakmasak da aç gözlülük, hırslılık vb. şeyler hep birer delilik türüdür.","Özgür insanın ölümden daha az düşündüğü bir şey yoktur.","Keyfimizi karanlık önyargılardan başka ne engelleyebilir ki.","Ben değerimi gövdemle kapladığım yerde değil, düşüncelerimin düzeninde ararım.","Neşe, insanın daha az yetkinlikten, daha büyük yetkinliğe geçişidir.","Tanımak, anlamak, harekete geçmek gerekir. Dünya hayal kurmak için değil, başka bir şekle dönüştürmek içindir.","İnsanlar iyilik ve hayır yapmaktan ziyade öç almaya daha yatkındırlar.","Felsefe genelleşmiş bir matematiktir.","Önemli olan yargılamak değil anlamaktır.","Mutluluk erdemin ödülü değil, erdemin kendisidir.","Töz bir kavramın meydana gelmesi için başka bir kavrama ihtiyaç yoktur.","Sevgi ne kadar derinse acısı da o kadar büyük olur.","Havaya atılan bir taş düşünebilseydi kendi isteğiyle yere düştüğünü sanırdı.",{"born":270,"dead":271,"en_meta_desc":272,"en_quotes":273,"id":44,"img":314,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":315,"related-person":316,"surname":318,"tr_meta_desc":319,"tr_quotes":320},1706,1790,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by American polymath, author, inventor Benjamin Franklin at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Benjamin Franklin quotes!",[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284,285,286,287,288,289,290,291,292,293,294,292,295,296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313],"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.","They who can give up \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fessential\">essential\u003C\u002Fa> liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.","He that can have patience can have what he will.","Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.","We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.","Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.","By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.","Well done is better than well said.","An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.","Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.","Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.","It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.","Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.","Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.","Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.","I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.","Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.","Never ruin an apology with an excuse.",null,"You may delay, but time will not.","Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.","Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.","The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.","Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.","Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.","Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.","The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.","When you are finished changing, you're finished.","We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.","Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.","There was never a bad peace or a good war.","He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.","Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.","Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.","If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.","When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.","A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.","If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!","An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.","Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbenjamin-franklin.jpeg","Benjamin",[45,38,317],"john-f-kennedy","Franklin","Amerikalı yayımcı, yazar, mucit ve bilim insanı Benjamin Franklin'in ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Benjamin Franklin sözleri için tıklayın!",{"0":321,"3":322,"8":323,"33":324,"41":325},"Unutulmak istemiyorsan, ya okunacak bir şeyler yaz, ya da yazılmaya değer şeyler yap.","Yirmi yaşında istek, otuz yaşında zeka, kırk yaşında akıl önemlidir.","Bilgiye yapılan yatırım en yüksek kârı getirir.","Hayatınızı seviyorsanız zamanınızı boşa harcamayın çünkü zaman hayatın kendisidir.","Hayatın en büyük trajedisi çok çabuk yaşlanmamız ama çok geç akıllanmamızdır.",{"born":327,"dead":328,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":329,"id":247,"img":331,"img_height":332,"img_width":41,"name":333,"related-person":334,"surname":245,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":336},1870,1965,[330],"There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbernard-baruch.jpeg",747,"Bernard",[242,97,335],"franz-kafka",[337],"Çaresiz diye bir şey yoktur, sadece insanın şifa bulamadığı şeyler vardır.",{"born":339,"dead":340,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":341,"id":346,"img":347,"img_height":348,"img_width":41,"name":349,"related-person":350,"surname":354,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":355},1945,1981,[342,343,344,345],"Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight.","Don't gain the world and lose your soul. Wisdom is better than silver and gold.","Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement.","Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.","bob-marley","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbob-marley.jpeg",400,"Bob",[351,352,353],"mamatha-gandhi","nelson-mandela","malcolm-x","Marley",[356,357,358,359],"Ayağa kalk, dik dur, hakların için karşı dur. Ayakta dur, dik dur, mücadeleyi bırakma.","Dünyayı ele geçirmeye çalışıp ruhunu kaybetme sakın. Bilgelik, altın ve gümüşten daha değerlidir.","Kendinizi yargılamadan başkasını yargılamayın, yargılanmaya hazır değilseniz başkasını yargılamayın.","Kendini zihinsel kölelikten kurtar, kendimizden başka hiç kimse zihnimizi özgürleştiremez.",{"born":361,"dead":362,"en_meta_desc":363,"en_quotes":364,"id":376,"img":377,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":378,"surname":379,"tr_meta_desc":380,"tr_quotes":381},1940,1973,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by Chinese American actor, director and martial artist Bruce Lee at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Bruce Lee quotes!",[365,366,367,368,369,370,371,372,373,374,370,375],"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.","Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.","If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.","Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.","I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.","Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.","The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.","As you think, so shall you become.","Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.","To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.","A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.","bruce-lee","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbruce-lee.jpeg","Bruce","Lee","Çin kökenli savunma sanatı ustası ve aktör Bruce Lee sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. İlham verici ve motive edici Bruce Lee sözleri için tıklayın!",[382,383,384,385,386,387],"Bilgi size güç verir; ancak saygıyı karakterinizle sınarsınız.","Bilmek yeterli değildir, uygulamamız gerekir. İstemek yeterli değildir, yapmalıyız.","Eğer hayatı gerçekten seviyorsanız, zaman harcamayın çünkü hayatı zaman oluşturur.","Hatalar her zaman affedilebilir, eğer kişinin hatasını kabul edecek cesareti varsa.","Ben bir kerede 10.000 tekme çalışandan korkmam ama bir tekmeyi 10.000 kere çalışandan korkarım.","Her zaman kendiniz olun, kendinizi ifade edin, kendinize inanın, gidip de başarılı bir kişilik arayıp onu kopyalamayın.",{"born":389,"dead":390,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":391,"id":396,"img":397,"img_height":398,"img_width":41,"name":399,"related-person":400,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":402},"563 BC","483 BC",[392,393,394,395],"The mind is everything. What you think you become.","Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth.","Three things cannot be long hidden:the sun, the moon, and the truth.","No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.","buddha","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fbuddha.jpeg",768,"Buddha",[401],"confucius",[403,404,405],"Bize düşüncelerimiz şekil verir; düşündüğümüz şey oluruz.","Sağlık en büyük armağan, bağlılık en iyi ilişki, kanaatkârlık en büyük servettir.","Üç şey uzun süre gizli kalamaz:güneş, ay ve gerçek.",{"born":327,"dead":407,"en_quotes":47,"id":408,"name":409,"related-person":410,"surname":414,"tr_meta_desc":415,"tr_quotes":416},1934,"cenap-sahabettin","Cenap",[411,412,413],"namik-kemal","tevfik-fikret","nazim-hikmet","Şahabettin","Servet-i Fünun edebiyatının önde gelen isimlerinden olan Cenap Şahabettin'in sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da! Cenap Şahabettin sözleri için tıklayın!",[417,418,419,292,420,421,422,423,424,425,426,427,428,429,430,431,432,433,434,435,436,437,438,439,440,441,442],"Daima ara... Bugün altın ararken bakır bulursun, yarın bakır ararken altın.","Yalanı söküp atmadan hakikati dikmeye kalkışma; tutmaz.","Zulmü affetmek büyüklük, unutmak küçüklüktür.","Ya bir yol bulacaksınız, ya bir yol yapacaksınız, ya da yoldan çekileceksiniz.","Yalnız kendi nefsini düşünerek dost arayan, hizmetçi arıyor demektir.","Niçin mi fikir değiştiriyorum? Çünkü ben fikirlerimin sahibiyim, kölesi değil.","Seçkinler beğendikçe alkışlar, halk ise alkışladıkça beğenir.","Aşırılık hiçbir yolda doğru değildir, ışığın bile fazlası gözü kör eder.","Yüksek fikirler yüksek dağlara benzer. Alışık olmayanları ürkütür.","Akarsu ne güzel hayat dersidir:Küçük engellerin üzerinde köpürür, büyüklerin yanından sessizce geçiverir.","Eskimiş fikirler paslanmış çivilere benzer, söküp almak çok güçtür.","Söylenmemiş fikir yoktur diyorlar. Bu söz doğru ise bile bundan sonra bütün insanlar susacak değil.","Ne bütün varını yiyip ölmüş vardır, ne her fikrini söyleyip susmuş...","Gariptir, yükü çeken manda ses çıkarmaz da, kağnı inler.","Yalnız seni sevenleri sevmek sevgi değil değiş tokuştur.","Acizliğini bilmeyen adam gerçekten kuvvetli değildir.","Hakiki büyük adamlar güzel ağaçlara benzer. Dallarında yuvalar kurulur, gölgesinde yorgunlar dinlenir, çiçeklerine sürünenler güzel koku alırlar, meyvesiyle açlar doyar ve yaprakları arasından dökülen güneş damlaları toprağa hayat verir. Hiç kimseye ve hiçbir şeye zararı dokunmaz.","İlim öğrenilen değil yaşanandır. Yaşanmayan ilim geçmeyen para gibidir.","Kalp kalbe sığındı mı göz gözü kusurlu görmez.","Zirvelerde kartallar da bulunur, yılanlar da. Ancak birisi oraya süzülerek, diğeri ise sürünerek gelmiştir. Önemli olan nereye gelmiş olduğunuzdan çok, nereden ve nasıl geldiğinizdir.","Mide için lokma ne ise, beyin için fikir odur. Hepsi beslemez, bazıları zehirler.","En çok bolluk getiren yağmur alın teridir.","Kartalın beğenmediğini kargalar kapışır.","Başımıza bela geldi deriz; halbuki belaya ayaklarımızla kendimiz gitmişizdir.","Körler memleketinde görmek bir hastalık sayılır.","Hayatta en zor şey, amaçsız insanlarla yaşama zorunluluğudur.",{"born":444,"dead":327,"en_meta_desc":445,"en_quotes":446,"id":448,"img":449,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":450,"surname":451,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1812,"All inspirational and motivational English writer and social critic Charles Dickens quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Charles Dickens quotes!",[447],"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of anotherm","charles-dickens","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fcharles-dickens.jpeg","Charles","Dickens",{"born":453,"dead":454,"en_meta_desc":455,"en_quotes":456,"id":465,"img":466,"img_height":467,"img_width":41,"name":468,"surname":469,"tr_meta_desc":470,"tr_quotes":471},1889,1977,"English actor, filmmaker and comedian Charlie Chaplin's quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for all inspirational and motivational quotes by Charlie Chaplin!",[457,458,459,460,461,462,463,464],"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down.","A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.","What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.","My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.","Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.","I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.","The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.","Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.","charlie-chaplin","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fcharlie-chaplin.jpg",750,"Charlie","Chaplin","Dünyaca ünlü oyuncu, yazar, kurgucu ve komedyen Charlie Chaplin'in tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Hemen tıklayın!",[472,473,474,475,476,477,478,479],"Aşağı bakıyorsanız asla gökkuşağı bulamazsınız.","Bir adamın gerçek karakteri sarhoşken ortaya çıkar.","Neden bir mana arıyorsunuz ki? Hayat bir tutkudur mana değil.","Benim acım birinin gülüşüne sebep olabilir. Ama benim gülüşüm asla birinin acısına sebep olmamalı.","Hayat, uzak çekimde komedi, yakın planda trajedidir.","Yağmurda yürümeyi severim çünkü kimse beni ağlarken görmez.","Ayna benim en iyi arkadaşımdır. Çünkü ben ağladığımda, o asla gülmez.","Bu dünyada hiçbir şey kalıcı değil, hatta sorunlarımız bile.",{"born":481,"dead":482,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":483,"id":485,"img":486,"img_height":487,"img_width":41,"name":488,"related-person":489,"surname":492,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},"287 BC","212 BC",[484],"Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.","domenico-fetti-archimedes","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fdomenico-fetti-archimedes.jpeg",800,"Domenico-Fetti",[490,125,491],"isaac-newton","leonardo-da-vinci","Archimedes",{"born":494,"dead":407,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":495,"img":47,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":496,"surname":497,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1857,"edward-elgar","Edward","Elgar",{"born":499,"dead":500,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":501,"id":503,"name":504,"surname":505,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":506},1856,1915,[502],"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.","elbert-hubbard","Elbert","Hubbard",[507],"Hayatta yapabileceğiniz en büyük hata, sürekli hata yapacağınızdan korkmaktır.",{"born":509,"dead":86,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":510,"id":519,"img":520,"img_height":41,"img_width":521,"name":522,"related-person":523,"surname":524,"tr_meta_desc":525,"tr_quotes":526},1884,[511,512,513,514,515,516,517,518],"You must do the thing you think you cannot do.","No one can make you feel inferrior without your consent.","The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.","One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.","Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.","Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.","Learn from the mistakes of other. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.","If someone betrays you one, it's theis fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.","eleanor-roosevelt","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Feleanor-roosevelt.jpeg",494,"Eleanor",[44,38,45],"Roosevelt","American diplomat and activist Eleanor Roosevelt's all inspirational and motivational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Eleanor Roosevelt quotes!",[527,528,529,530,531,532,533,534],"Yapamayacağınızı düşündüğünüz şeyleri yapmalısınız.","Hiç kimse sizin izniniz olmadan size kendinizi değersiz hissettiremez.","Gelecek, hayallerinin peşini bırakmayanlarındır.","Kişinin felsefesini en iyi şekilde sözleri değil, yaptığı tercihler belirler.","Büyük beyinler fikirleri, orta beyinler olayları, küçük beyinler ise kişileri tartışırlar.","Dün tarihtir, yarın bilinmeyendir, bugün ise bir hediyedir.","Başkalarının hatalarından ders alın. İnsan bütün hataları kendi yapacak kadar uzun yaşamıyor.","Biri size ihanet ederse onların suçu, ikinci kez ihanet ederse sizin suçunuz.",{"born":536,"dead":537,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":538,"id":540,"img":541,"img_height":542,"img_width":41,"name":543,"surname":544,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":545},1899,1961,[539],"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.","ernest-hemingway","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fernest-hemingway.jpeg",730,"Ernest","Hemingway",[546],"Ne kadar gerekli veya meşru olursa olsun, savaşın bir suç olmadığını asla düşünme.",{"born":548,"dead":549,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":550,"name":551,"surname":552,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1926,2016,"fidel-castro","Fidel","Castro",{"born":500,"dead":554,"en_meta_desc":555,"en_quotes":556,"id":561,"img":562,"img_height":563,"img_width":564,"name":565,"surname":566,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1998,"American singer, actor and producer Frank Sinatra's inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit fot Frank Sinatra quotes!",[557,558,559,560],"The best revenge is massive success.","Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and start all over again.","Don't hide your scars. They make you who you are.","The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.","frank-sinatra","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Ffrank-sinatra.jpeg",599,455,"Frank","Sinatra",{"born":568,"dead":569,"en_meta_desc":570,"en_quotes":571,"id":335,"img":574,"img_height":575,"img_width":122,"name":576,"surname":577,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1883,1924,"All quotes for Franz Kafka.",[572,573],"Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.","Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Ffranz-kafka.jpeg",587,"Franz","Kafka",{"born":579,"dead":580,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":581,"img":582,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":583,"surname":584,"tr_quotes":47},1907,1954,"frida-kahlo","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Ffrida-kahlo.jpeg","Frida","Kahlo",{"born":586,"dead":587,"en_meta_desc":588,"en_quotes":589,"id":598,"img":599,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":600,"surname":601,"tr_meta_desc":602,"tr_quotes":603},1844,1900,"All quotes for Friedrich Nietzsche.",[590,591,592,593,594,590,595,596,597],"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.","There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.","That which does not kill us makes us stronger.","Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.","Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.","The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.","No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.","Invisible threads are the strongest ties.","friedrich-nietzsche","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Ffriedrich-nietzsche.jpeg","Friedrich","Nietzsche","Alman filolog, filozof ve şair Friedrich Nietzsche'nin tüm ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Friedrich Nietzsche sözleri için tıklayın!",[604,605],"Yaşamak için bir nedeni olan herkes, her sıkıntının üstesinden gelebilir.","Dünyada iki farklı insan türü vardır; bilmek isteyenler ve inanmak isteyenler.",{"born":607,"dead":608,"en_meta_desc":609,"en_quotes":610,"id":617,"img":618,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":619,"surname":620,"tr_meta_desc":621,"tr_quotes":622},1821,1881,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous novel writer Fyodor Dostoevski at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[611,612,613,614,615,616],"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.","The soul is healed by being with children.","The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.","It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.","Compassion is the chief law of human existence.","A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.","fyodor-dostoevsky","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Ffyodor-dostoevsky.jpeg","Fyodor","Dostoevsky","Suç ve Ceza romanı yazarı Rus Fyodor Dostoyevski'nin ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife'.com'da. Fyodor Dostoyevski sözleri için tıklayın!",[623],"İnsan olmanın sırrı kişinin yaşamasında değil, uğruna yaşayacağı bir şey olmasındadır.",{"born":625,"dead":626,"en_meta_desc":627,"en_quotes":628,"id":631,"img":632,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":633,"surname":634,"tr_meta_desc":635,"tr_quotes":636},1564,1642,"Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer Galileo Galilei's quotes about science at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Galileo Galilei quotes!",[629,630],"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.","In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.","galileo-galilei","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fgalileo-galilei.jpeg","Galieo","Galilei","İtalyan astronom, fizikçi ve mühendin Galileo Galilei'in bilime dair tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Galileo Galilei sözleri için tıklayın!",[637,638],"Hiçbir şey öğrenemeyeceğim kadar cahil birine hiç rastlamadım.","Söz konusu bilimse, binlercesinin otoritesi, tek bir kişinin açıklamasından değerli değildir.",{"born":640,"dead":641,"en_meta_desc":642,"en_quotes":643,"id":647,"img":648,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":649,"surname":650,"tr_meta_desc":651,"tr_quotes":47},1903,1950,"All quotes by English novelist and essayist George Orwell at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for George Orwell quotes!",[644,645,646],"Big Brother is watching you.","Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.","Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.","george-orwell","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fgeorge-orwell.jpeg","George","Orwell","1984 romanıyla bilinen George Orwell'ın tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. George Orwell sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":653,"dead":163,"en_meta_desc":654,"en_quotes":655,"id":45,"img":661,"img_height":41,"img_width":521,"name":649,"related-person":662,"surname":663,"tr_meta_desc":664,"tr_quotes":665},1732,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by first president of the United States at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for George Washington quotes!",[656,657,658,659,660],"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.","99% of failures come from people who make excuses.","Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.","Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.","Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fgeorge-washington.jpeg",[38,44,317],"Washington","Amerika'nın ilk başkanı George Washinhton'ın ilham kaynağı sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. George Washington sözleri için tıklayın!",[666,667,668,669,670],"Umarım, ben hesap yaptığım tüm unvanlardan en gıpta edileni en samimi adam karakterini koruyup tutmakta sarsılmazlık ve yeterince cömertlik elde edeceğim.","Başarısızlıkların %99'u bahaneler üreten insanlardan gelir.","Gerçek adamlar savaştan nefret eder ama ondan asla kaçmazlar.","Çok az adam en yüksek teklifi verene karşı koyacak erdeme sahiptir.","Disiplin bir ordunun ruhudur, o küçük topluluğu yenmesi zor bir hale sokar, zatıflara başarı sağlar, bütün orduya saygı toplar.",{"born":672,"dead":673,"en_meta_desc":674,"en_quotes":47,"id":675,"img":676,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":677,"surname":678,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1850,1893,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous author Guy de Maupassant at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!","guy-de-maupassant","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fguy-de-maupassant.jpg","Guy","de Maupassant",{"born":680,"dead":681,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":682,"id":684,"img":685,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":686,"surname":687,"tr_meta_desc":688,"tr_quotes":689},1880,1968,[683],"We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.","helen-keller","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fhelen-keller.jpeg","Helen","Keller","Amerikalı pedagog ve aktivist Helen Keller'in sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. İlham veren Helen Keller sözleri için tıklayın!",[690],"Eğer hayat sadece sevinçle dolu olsaydı, hiçbir zaman cesur ve sabırlı olmayı öğrenemezdik.",{"born":692,"dead":693,"en_meta_desc":694,"en_quotes":695,"id":708,"img":709,"img_height":40,"img_width":41,"name":710,"related-person":711,"surname":712,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":713},1863,1947,"All quotes for Henry Ford.",[696,697,698,699,700,701,702,703,704,705,706,707],"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.","Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.","Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.","Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.","Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.","Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.","Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.","Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.","When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.","Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.","Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.","Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.","henry-ford","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fhenry-ford.jpeg","Henry",[44],"Ford",[714,715,716,717,718,719,720,721,722,723,724],"Öğrenmeyi bırakan kişi yirmisinde de olsa, sekseninde de olsa yaşlıdır. Yaşamdaki en muhteşem şey zihni genç tutmaktır.","Düşünmek zor iştir, muhtemelen bu nedenle çok az kişi düşünür.","Yapabileceğine de inansan, yapamayacağına da, haklı çıkarsın.","Engeller, hedefinizden gözlerinizi kaçırdığınızda gördüğünüz ürkütücü şeylerdir.","Başarısızlık, daha zekice başlama fırsatından başka bir şey değildir.","Kalite, kimse size bakmıyorken doğru olanı yapmaktır.","Pek çok insan diğerlerinin boşa harcadığı zamanı kullanarak öne geçer.","Kendi odununuzu kendiniz kesin. Böylece iki kez ısınmış olursunuz.","Her şey karşıymış gibi görünmeye başladığında; bir uçağın rüzgarla değil, rüzgara karşı havalandığını hatırla.","Siyah olmak kaydıyla istediğiniz rengi seçebilirsiniz.","Küçük işlere bölerseniz hiçbir şey zor değildir.",{"born":726,"dead":727,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":728,"id":730,"img":731,"img_height":732,"img_width":487,"name":733,"surname":734,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":735},1916,2001,[729],"One find limits by pushing them.","herbert-simon","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fherbert-simon.jpg",547,"Herbert","Simon",[736],"İnsan sınırlarını, onları zorlayarak bulur.",{"born":738,"dead":86,"en_meta_desc":739,"en_quotes":740,"id":248,"img":742,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":743,"surname":744,"tr_meta_desc":745,"tr_quotes":47},1877,"Novelist and painter Herman Hesse's all inspirational and motivational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Herman Hesse quotes!",[741],"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fhermann-hesse.jpeg","Hermann","Hesse","İsviçre kökenli yazar ve ressam Hermann Hesse'nin motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. En güzel Hermann Hesse sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":163,"dead":672,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":747,"fr_meta_desc":47,"fr_quotes":752,"id":754,"img":755,"img_height":756,"img_width":757,"name":758,"related-person":759,"surname":760,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":761},[748,749,750,751],"Glory is a poison, good to be taken in small doses.","Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.","All human power is a compound of time and patience.","Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.",{"3":753},"Notre conscience est un juge infaillible, quand nous ne l'avons pas encore assassinée.","honore-de-balzac","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fhonore-de-balzac.webp",1200,848,"Honoré",[242,598,617],"de Balzac",[762,763,764,765],"Şöhret, ancak küçücük dozlarda alındığında faydalı bir zehirdir.","Güç, kuvvetle veya sık sık vurmaktan değil, doğru vuruştan oluşur.","Tüm insan gücü bilgi ve zamanın birleşimidir.","Vicdanımız yanılmaz bir yargıçtır, biz onu öldürmedikçe.",{"born":767,"dead":768,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":769,"id":797,"img":798,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":799,"surname":800,"tr_meta_desc":801,"tr_quotes":47},1724,1804,[770,771,772,773,774,775,776,777,778,779,780,781,782,783,784,785,786,787,788,789,790,791,792,793,292,794,795,796],"Look closely. The beautiful may be small.","Dare to think!","Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end.","Rules for happiness:something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.","We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.","Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.","For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.","The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.","Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.","He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.","How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else.","Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.","One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.","The death of dogma is the birth of morality.","Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.","Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.","Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.","The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.","Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.","Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.","Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.","Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.","An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.","The light dove, in free flight cutting through the air the resistance of which it feels, could get the idea that it could do even better in airless space. Likewise, Plato abandoned the world of the senses because it posed so many hindrances for the understanding, and dared to go beyond it on the wings of the ideas, in the empty space of pure understanding.","Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment.","But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.","There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.","immanuel-kant","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fimmanuel-kant.jpeg","Immanuel","Kant","Alman filozof Immanuel Kant'ın ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da.En güzel Immanuel Kant sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":803,"dead":804,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":805,"id":490,"img":808,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":809,"related-person":810,"surname":811,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":812},1643,1727,[806,807],"We build too many walls, and not enough bridges.","What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fisaac-newton.jpeg","Isaac",[124,126],"Newton",[813,814],"Gereğinden çok duvar örüyoruz ve gereğinden az köprü kuruyoruz.","Bildiklerimiz bir damla, bilmediklerimiz bir okyanustur.",{"born":816,"dead":726,"en_meta_desc":817,"en_quotes":818,"id":249,"img":820,"img_height":821,"img_width":41,"name":822,"related-person":823,"surname":826,"tr_meta_desc":827,"tr_quotes":828},1876,"American journalist and novelist Jack London's all inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Jack London quotes!",[819],"Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjack-london.jpg",789,"Jack",[824,825,242],"mark-twain","victor-hugo","London","Amerikalı roman yazarı ve gazeteci Jack London'ın en güzel sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Jack London sözleri için hemen tıklayın!",[829],"Hayat eline her zaman iyi kartların gelmesi değil, bazen kötü kartlarla da iyi oynayabilmektir.",{"born":831,"dead":832,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":833,"name":834,"related-person":835,"surname":837,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1775,1817,"jane-austen","Jane",[836],"william-shakespeare","Austen",{"born":839,"dead":840,"en_meta_desc":841,"en_quotes":47,"id":842,"name":843,"surname":844,"tr_meta_desc":845,"tr_quotes":47},1712,1778,"Genevan philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau's all inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes!","jean-jacques-rousseau","Jean Jacques","Rousseau","Cenevreli filozof ve yazar Jean-Jacques Rousseau'nun ilham verem sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Jean-Jacques Rousseau sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":847,"dead":848,"en_meta_desc":849,"en_quotes":850,"id":854,"name":855,"surname":856,"tr_meta_desc":857,"tr_quotes":47},1905,1980,"French philospher, novelist and biographer Jean-Paul Sartre's all inspirational and motivational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com Visit for Jean-Paul Sartre quotes!",[851,852,853],"Everything has been figured out, except how to live.","Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.","If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.","jean-paul-sartre","Jean Paul","Sartre","Fransız yazar ve düşünür Jean-Paul Sartre'nin ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Jean-Paul Sartre sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":859,"dead":860,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":861,"id":865,"img":866,"img_height":867,"img_width":868,"name":869,"surname":870,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":871},1930,2009,[862,863,864],"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.","Formal education makes you a living, self-education makes you a fortune.","Effective communication is 20% what you know and. 80% how you feel about what you know.","jim-rohn","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjim-rohn.png",645,456,"Jim","Rohn",[872,873],"İnsan en çok vakit geçirdiği 5 kişinin ortalamasıdır.","Klasik eğitim geçiminizi sağlar, kendinizi eğitmeniz ise size bir servet kazandırır.",{"born":875,"dead":876,"en_meta_desc":877,"en_quotes":878,"id":880,"img":881,"img_height":487,"img_width":882,"name":883,"surname":884,"tr_meta_desc":885,"tr_quotes":47},1749,1832,"German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's all inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Goethe quotes!",[879],"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. Kindness is the golden chain by which our world is bound together.","johann-wolfgang-von-goethe","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjohann-wolfgang-von-goethe.jpg",649,"Johann Wolfgang","von Goethe","Alman edebiyatçı, ressam ve siyasetçi Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'nin ilham veren sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Goethe sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":887,"dead":888,"en_quotes":889,"id":317,"img":890,"name":891,"surname":892},1917,1963,[47],"\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjohn-f-kennedy.jpeg","John Fitzgerald","Kennedy",{"born":894,"dead":681,"en_meta_desc":895,"en_quotes":47,"id":896,"name":897,"surname":898,"tr_meta_desc":899,"tr_quotes":47},1902,"American author John Steinbeck's all quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for John Steinbeck quotes!","john-steinbeck","John","Steinbeck","Amerikalı yazar John Steinbeck sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. John Steinbeck sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":901,"dead":902,"en_meta_desc":903,"en_quotes":904,"id":911,"img":912,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":913,"surname":914,"tr_meta_desc":915,"tr_quotes":916},1878,1953,"All quotes by Josef Stalin.",[905,906,907,908,909,910],"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.","Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.","History has shown there are no invincible armies.","Take some exercise, try to recover the look of a human being.","Music's a good thing, it calm the beast in the man.","There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.","josef-stalin","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjosef-stalin.jpeg","Josef","Stalin","Gürcü asıllı sovyet mareşal Josef Stalin'in tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Josef Stalin sözleri için tıklayın!",[917],"Bir insanın ölümü trajiktir, on insanın ölümü dramatiktir, bir milyon insanın ölümü ise sadece bir istatistiktir.",{"born":919,"dead":847,"en_quotes":920,"fr_quotes":923,"id":926,"name":927,"related-person":928,"surname":930,"tr_quotes":931},1828,[921,922],"An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish","While his heart still beats, while his flesh still moves, I cannot accept that a being endowed with will-power can give in to despair.",[924,925],"L’homme qui \"sait\"réussit là où d’autres végéteraient et périraient inévitablement.","Et tant que son coeur bat, tant que sa chair palpite, je n'admets pas qu'un être doué de volonté laisse en lui place au désespoir.","jules-verne","Jules",[929,825],"leo-tolstoy","Verne",[932],"Enerjik bir adam, tembel bir kişinin ot gibi büyüyeceği ve kaçınılmaz olarak yok olacağı yerde başarılı olacaktır.",{"born":934,"dead":935,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":936,"id":940,"img":941,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":942,"surname":943,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},"100 BC","44 BC",[937,938,939],"I came, I saw, I conquered. (Veni, vidi, vici.)","Experience is the teacher of all things.","He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.","julius-caesar","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fjulius-caesar.jpeg","Julius","Caesar",{"born":945,"dead":568,"en_meta_desc":946,"en_quotes":47,"id":947,"img":948,"name":949,"surname":950,"tr_meta_desc":951,"tr_quotes":47},1818,"German philosopher, sociologist and socialist revolutionary Karl Marx quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Karl Marx quotes!","karl-marx","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fkarl-marx.jpeg","Karl","Marx","Filozof, politik ekonomist ve bilimsel sosyalizmin kurucusu Alman Karl Marx sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Karl Marx sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":919,"dead":953,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":954,"id":929,"img":966,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":967,"related-person":968,"surname":969,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":970},1910,[955,956,957,958,959,960,961,959,962,963,964,965],"If you can feel pain, you are alive, if you feel other people's pain, you are human being.","If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.","Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.","If you want to be happy, be.","The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.","Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself","When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.","Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity. He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.","Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.","What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.","A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fleo-tolstoy.jpeg","Leo",[617],"Tolstoy",[971,292,292,292,972,973],"Acı duyabiliyorsan canlısın, başkalarının acısını duyabiliyorsan insansın.","En güçlü iki savaşçı sabır ve zamandır.","Herkes dünyayı değiştirmeyi düşünür ama kimse kendini değiştirmeyi düşünmez",{"born":975,"dead":976,"en_meta_desc":977,"en_quotes":978,"id":491,"img":980,"img_height":981,"img_width":982,"name":983,"surname":984,"tr_meta_desc":985,"tr_quotes":47},1452,1519,"All inspirational quotes by Italian painter Leonardo Da Vinci's quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Leonardo Da Vinci quotes!",[979],"Learning never exhausts the mind.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fleonardo-da-vinci.jpeg",360,539,"Leonardo","da Vinci","Rönesans döneminde yaşamış İtalyan ressam ve filozof Leonardo Da Vinci'nin sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Leonardo Da Vinci sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":987,"dead":988,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":989,"id":991,"name":992,"surname":993,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":994},1770,1827,{"4":990},"Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.","ludwig-van-beethoven","Ludwig","van Beethoven",[995,996,997,998,999,1000,1001],"İnsanı sadece bilim ve sanat yüceltir.","Bütün mesele, büyük görünmek değil, gerçekten büyük olmaktır.","Ahlaksız insan başaramayacağı işi üstlenen kişidir.","Asıl müzik gerçeğin kendisidir.","Çocuklarınıza erdemli olmayı öğretin, insanlığı ancak bu mutlu kılar, para değil.","Mutlu olmak istiyorsan, başkalarının mutluluğu içinde çalış, bunun sevinci seni mutlu etmeye yetecektir.","Bir sırrı saklayarak adalete zarar vermektense, adalet uğruna zarar görmeyi tercih ederim.",{"born":1003,"dead":328,"en_meta_desc":1004,"en_quotes":1005,"id":353,"img":1008,"img_height":1009,"img_width":41,"name":1010,"related-person":1011,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1013},"1925","All inspirational and motivational quotes by American human rights activist Malcolm X at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Malcolm X quotes.",[1006,1007],"There is no better than \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwords\u002Fadversity\">adversity\u003C\u002Fa>. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.","One day, may we all meet together in the light of understanding.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmalcolm-x.jpg",827,"Malcolm X",[352,351,1012],"martin-luther-king-jr",[1014],"Sıkıntıdan daha iyisi yoktur. Her yenilgi, her kalp kırıklığı, her kayıp kendi tohumunu, bir dahaki sefere performansınızı nasıl iyileştireceğinize dair kendi dersini içerir.",{"born":1016,"dead":1017,"en_meta_desc":1018,"en_quotes":1019,"id":351,"img":1030,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1031,"related-person":1032,"surname":1034,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1035},1869,1948,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by Mamatha Gandhi at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Mamatha Gandhi quotes!",[1020,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028,1029],"Be the change you want to see in the world.","The future depends on what you do today.","Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.","Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.","The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.","An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.","Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.","Nobody can hurt me without my permission.","I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.","Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmamatha-gandhi.jpeg","Mamatha",[352,1033,353,1012],"maya-angelou","Gandhi",[1036,1037,1038,1039,1040,1041,1042,1043,1044,1045],"Dünyada görmek istediğin değişim ol!","Gelecek bugün ne yaptığımıza göre şekillenir.","Dünya, herkesi doyuracak kadar kaynağa sahiptir ama herkesin açgözlülüğünü doyuracak kadar değil.","Güç fiziki kapasiteden değil, boyun eğmeyen iradeden gelir.","Zayıflar hiçbir zaman affedemez, affedebilmek güçlülere mahsustur.","Göze göz, dişe diş düşüncesi bütün dünyayı kör edecek.","Mutluluk; düşündüğün, söylediğin ve eylediğinin uyum içinde olmasıdır.","Kimse iznim olmadan beni incitemez.","Kimseye kirli ayaklarıyla beynimde gezme fırsatı vermem.","Sonsuz yaşayacakmış gibi öğrenin, yarın ölecekmiş gibi yaşayın.",{"born":1047,"dead":407,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1048,"id":156,"img":1052,"img_height":1053,"img_width":41,"name":1054,"related-person":1055,"surname":1056,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1057},1867,[1049,1050,1051],"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.","Humanity also needs dreamers, for whom the disinterested development of an enterprise is so captivating that it becomes impossible for them to devote their care to their own material profit.","Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmarie-curie.jpg",815,"Marie",[124,125,490],"Curie",[1058],"İnsanlar konusunda daha az, fikirler konusunda daha çok meraklı olun.",{"born":1060,"dead":953,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1061,"id":824,"img":1141,"img_height":348,"img_width":41,"name":1142,"related-person":1143,"surname":1144,"tr_meta_desc":1145,"tr_quotes":1146},1835,[1062,1063,1064,1065,1066,1067,1068,1069,1070,1071,1072,1073,1074,1075,1076,1077,1078,1079,1080,1081,1082,1083,1084,1085,1086,1087,1088,1089,1090,1091,1092,1093,1094,1095,1096,1097,1098,1099,1100,1101,1102,1103,1104,1105,1106,1107,1108,1109,1110,1111,1112,1113,1114,1115,1116,1117,1118,1119,1120,1121,1122,1123,1124,1125,1126,1127,1128,1129,1130,1131,1132,1133,1134,1135,1136,1137,1138,1139,1140],"The secret of getting ahead is getting started.","Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.","With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.","Don't wait. The time will never be just right.","All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.","Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life.","Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.","We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.","Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.","The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.","I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.","Life is short, break the rules. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably and never regret anything that makes you smile.","It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.","The world owes you nothing. It was here first.","It is wiser to find out than suppose.","Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.","Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts or happenings. It consist mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.","The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.","Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.","A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.","Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.","It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.","Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.","Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.","Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.","To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.","Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.","The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.","The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.","Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.","A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.","Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.","Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked.","I can live for two months on a good compliment.","A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.","I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.","Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.","Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.","Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.","Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.","Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.","The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.","Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.","A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.","It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.","Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.","I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.","When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.","A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.","I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.","You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.","Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience:this is the ideal life.","There's one way to find out if a man is honest:ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.","Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.","The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.","I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.","The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.","Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.","Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.","I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.","Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.","The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.","Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.","When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.","If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.","Golf is a good walk spoiled.","Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.","The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.","Only one thing is impossible for God:To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.","Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.","The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.","Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.","Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.","I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping","Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.","Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.","Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.","When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.","If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmark-twain.jpeg","Mark",[825,495,598],"Twain","Amerikalı roman yazarı, öğretmen ve mizahçı Mark Twain'in ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Mark Twain sözleri için tıklayın!",{"24":1147,"57":1148},"Önce olguları topla, sonra onları istediğin gibi çarpıtabilirsin.","Ne zaman kendinizi çoğunlukla aynı tarafta bulursanız, durup düşünmenin zamanıdır.",{"born":1150,"dead":681,"en_meta_desc":1151,"en_quotes":1152,"id":1012,"img":1157,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1158,"related-person":1159,"surname":1160,"tr_meta_desc":1161,"tr_quotes":1162},1929,"All quotes by American Christian minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Marting Luther King Jr quotes!",[1153,1154,1155,1156],"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.","I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.","Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.","Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmartin-luther-king-jr.jpg","Martin Luther",[352,351,353],"King Jr","Martin Luther King Jr tarafından söylenmiş ilham verici ve motive edici tüm sözler Wordsfromlife.com'da. Martin Luther King Jr sözleri için tıklayın!",[1163,1164,1165,1166],"Herhangi bir yerdeki adaletsizlik her yerdeki adalete tehdittir.","Sevgiye saplanıp kalmaya karar verdim. Nefret, taşımak için çok ağır bir yük.","Bu dünyada hiçbir şey bilinçli cehaletten ve aptallıktan daha tehlikeli değildir.","Karanlık karanlığı defedemez:bunu sadece ışık yapabilir. Nefret nerfreti defedemez:bunu sadece sevgi yapabilir.",{"born":1168,"dead":1169,"en_meta_desc":1170,"en_quotes":1171,"id":1173,"img":1174,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1175,"surname":1176,"tr_meta_desc":1177,"tr_quotes":47},1864,1920,"German sociolist, philosopher and political economist Max Weber's quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Max Weber quotes!",[1172],"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.","max-weber","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmax-weber.jpeg","Max","Weber","Alman sosyolog, düşünür ve ekonomi politik uzmanı Max Weber'in sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Max Weber sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1179,"dead":1180,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1181,"id":1184,"img":1185,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1186,"surname":1187,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1868,1936,[1182,1183],"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy. When work is a duty, life is slavery!","When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.","maxim-gorky","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmaxim-gorky.jpg","Maxim","Gorky",{"born":1189,"dead":1190,"en_meta_desc":1191,"en_quotes":1192,"id":1033,"img":1193,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1194,"related-person":1195,"surname":1196,"tr_meta_desc":1197,"tr_quotes":47},1928,2914,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous poet, singer and activist Maya Angelou at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[47],"https:\u002F\u002Ffirebasestorage.googleapis.com\u002Fv0\u002Fb\u002Fwords-from-life-5cb26.appspot.com\u002Fo\u002Fauthors%2Fmaya-angelou.jpeg?alt=media&token=4da26ffc-92c6-449d-acd0-0a30bab4afb0","Maya",[581],"Angelou","Yazar, şair, aktör ve dansçı Maya Angelou sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Maya Angelou sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1199,"dead":1200,"en_meta_desc":1201,"en_quotes":1202,"id":1216,"img":1217,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1218,"related-person":1219,"surname":1221,"tr_meta-desc":1222,"tr_quotes":1223},1533,1592,"French essay writer Michel de Montaigne's all inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Michel de Montaigne quotes!",[1203,1204,1205,1206,1207,1208,1209,1210,1211,1212,1213,1214,1215],"Men are tormented by the opinions they have of things and not the things themselves.","Valor is stability not of legs and arms but of courage and the soul.","I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.","A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.","There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.","A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.","Arrogance is composed of too high opinion about oneself.","There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire \u003Ca href='https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate'>state\u003C\u002Fa>.","Ambition is not a vice of little people.","A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.","Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.","We suffer not because something bad happens but because of how we analyze the situation.","Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end.","michel-de-montaigne","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmichel-de-montaigne.jpeg","Michel",[824,1220],"moliere","de Montaigne","Fransız deneme yazarı Michel de Montaigne sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. En güzel Michel de Montaigne sözleri için tıklayın!",{"3":1224},"Acı çekmekten korkan bir adam, zaten korktuğu şeyin acısını çekiyordur.",{"born":1226,"dead":1227,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1228,"id":1220,"name":1233,"related-person":1234,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1236},1622,1673,[1229,1230,1231,1232],"A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.","The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; It is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.","On some preference esteem is based; To esteem everything is to esteem nothing.","We die only once, and for such a long time!","Molière",[1216,1033,1235],"pablo-neruda",[1237],"Bilgili bir aptal, cahilden daha aptaldır.",{"born":1239,"dead":549,"en_meta_desc":1240,"en_quotes":1241,"id":1243,"img":1244,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1245,"surname":1246,"tr_meta_desc":1247,"tr_quotes":1248},1942,"The greatest professional boxer of all time Muhammad Ali's all inspirational and motivational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Muhammad Ali quotes!",[1242],"Don't count the days; make the days count.","muhammad-ali","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmuhammad-ali.jpeg","Muhammad","Ali","Tüm zamanların en iyi boksörü Muhammed Ali'nin tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Muhammed Ali sözleri için tıklayın!",[1249],"Günleri saymayın, sayılmaya değer günler yaşayın.",{"born":1251,"dead":1252,"en_quotes":47,"id":411,"name":1253,"related-person":1254,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":1255,"tr_quotes":1256},1840,1888,"Namık Kemal",[408,412,413],"Tanzimat Devri aydını şair, yazar ve Devlet adamı Namık Kemal'in tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Hemen tıklayın!",[1257,1258,1259,1260],"İnsan ne söylediğini bilmeli, fakat her bildiğini söylememelidir.","Bazen fikirlerini de değiştirmelisin, çünkü sen fikirlerinin kölesi değil, sahibisin.","Zihin fukara olunca, akıl ukala olurmuş.","Düşene gülen acıyandan çok bulunur.",{"born":568,"dead":1262,"en_meta_desc":1263,"en_quotes":1264,"id":1270,"img":1271,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1272,"surname":1273,"tr_meta_desc":1274,"tr_quotes":1275},1970,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous self-help author Napoleon Hill at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[1265,1266,1267,1268,1269],"If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way!","A goal is a dream with a deadline.","Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.","If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.","When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.","napoleon-hill","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fnapoleon-hill.jpeg","Napoleon","Hill","Amerikan yazar Napoleon Hill'in ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Napoleon Hill sözleri için tıklayın!",[1276,1277,1278,1279,1280,1281,1282],"Harika şeyler yapamıyorsanız küçük şeyleri harika bir şekilde yapın!","Her güçlük, içinde aynı büyüklükte veya daha büyük bir faydanın tohumunu barındırır.","Bilge insanlar, konuşmak ya da susmak konusunda tereddüde düştüklerinde sessiz kalırlar.","Bir başkası hakkında kötü konuşman gerekiyorsa, bunu söyleme, su kenarındaki kuma yaz.","Arzularınız yeterince güçlü olduğunda, başarmak için insanüstü güçlere sahipmiş gibi görüneceksiniz.","Hedef, bitiş süresi olan hayaldir.","Her sıkıntı, her başarısızlık, her gönül yarası, beraberinde eşit veya daha büyük bir faydanın tohumunu taşır.",{"born":894,"dead":888,"en_quotes":47,"id":413,"name":1284,"related-person":1285,"surname":1286,"tr_meta_desc":1287,"tr_quotes":1288},"Nazım",[408,411,412],"Hikmet","Türk şair, oyun yazarı ve roman yazarı Nazım Hikmet'in tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Nazım Hikmet sözleri için tıklayın!",[1289,1290,1291],"Arkadaşlık ağaca benzer, kurudu mu bir daha yeşermez.","Dost uğruna ölmek kolay fakat uğrunda ölünecek dostu bulmak zordur.","Umuda bin kurşun sıksa da ölüm, unutma! Umuda kurşun işlemez gülüm.",{"born":1293,"dead":1294,"en_meta_desc":1295,"en_quotes":1296,"id":352,"img":1299,"img_height":1300,"img_width":41,"name":1301,"related-person":1302,"surname":1303,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1304},1918,2013,"All quotes by South African political leader and philanthropist Nelson Mandela at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Nelson Mandela quotes!",[1297,1298],"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.","It always seems impossible until it's done.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fnelson-mandela.jpg",830,"Nelson",[351,353,1012],"Mandela",[1305,1306],"Eğitim, dünyayı değiştirmek için kullanabileceğiniz en güçlü silahtır.","Yapılana kadar her şey imkansız görünür.",{"born":499,"dead":1308,"en_meta_desc":1309,"en_quotes":1310,"id":124,"img":1319,"img_height":40,"img_width":41,"name":1320,"related-person":1321,"surname":1322,"tr_meta_desc":1323,"tr_quotes":1324},1943,"Dive into the profound wisdom of Nikola Tesla, showcasing his visionary insights on science, innovation, and the mysteries of the universe.",[1311,1312,1313,1314,1315,1316,1317,1318],"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequancy and vibration.","If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.","Be alone, that is the secret of invention; Be alone, that is when ideas are born.","The individual is \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwords\u002Fephemeral\">ephemeral\u003C\u002Fa>, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.","I don't care that they stole my idea... I care that they don't have any of their own.","We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.","If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.","Great moments are born great oppurtunity.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fnikola-tesla.jpg","Nikola",[125,120,126],"Tesla","Sırp kökenli Amerikalı mucit, elektrik ve makine mühendisi Nikola Tesla'nın ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Nikola Tesla sözleri için tıklayın!",[1325,1326,1327],"Evrenin gizemini anlamak istiyorsanız enerji, frekans ve titreşim cinsinden düşünün.","Eğer nefretinizi elektriğe çevirebilseydiniz bu tüm dünyayı aydınlatmaya yeterdi.","Yalnız kalın, icadın sırrı buradadır; yalnız kalın, fikirler buradan doğar.",{"born":5,"dead":1329,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":1330,"img":47,"name":1331,"surname":1332,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1852,"nikolai-gogol","Nikolai","Gogol",{"born":1334,"dead":641,"en_quotes":47,"id":1335,"name":1336,"surname":1337,"tr_meta_quotes":1338,"tr_quotes":47},1914,"orhan-veli-kanik","Orhan Veli","Kanık","Türk şair Orhan Veli Kanık sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. En güzel Orhan Veli Kanık sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":188,"dead":362,"en_meta_desc":1340,"en_quotes":1341,"id":1235,"img":1355,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1356,"surname":1357,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1358},"All inspirational and motivational quotes by poet Pablo Neruda at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Pablo Neruda quotes!",[1342,1343,1344,1345,1346,1347,1348,1349,1350,1351,1352,1353,1354],"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.","Deny me bread, air, light, spring, but never your laughter for I would die.","If nothing save us from death, at least love should save us from life.","Laughter is the language of the soul.","Let us forget with generosity those who cannot love us.","You are like nobody since I love you.","So I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me till then my windows ache.","We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.","I love you this way because I don't know any other way of loving.","A child who does not play is not a child, but the man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him and who will miss terribly.","Without doubt I praise the wild excellence.","To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.","I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fpablo-neruda.jpeg","Pablo","Neruda",[1359,1360,1361,1362,1363,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1370,1371,1372,1373,1374,1375,1376,1377,1378,1379,1380,1381,1382],"Hayatta hiç bir zaman bir başkasına tüm benliğinle güvenme, çünkü hiç kimse sana tüm benliğiyle görünmez.","Bazen dudakların bitiremediği sözleri gözler tamamlar.","Ne yapalım yani, bu dünyanın gerçekleri varsa, bizim de hayallerimiz var.","İnsanlar seninle konuşmayı bıraktığında, arkandan konuşmaya başlarlar.","Sevdiğiniz insanların sevgisini hissetmek, hayatınızı besleyen güneş gibidir.","Sırf birisi iyi geceler demediği için iyi geçmeyen geceler vardır.","Biten bir aşkın hemen ardından bir başkasıyla başlayan şeyin adı 'ilişki' değil 'çelişkidir'.","Yalnızca ateşli bir sabır ulaştırır bizi muhteşem bir mutluluğun kapısına.","Tüm çiçekleri koparabilirler ama yine de baharın gelmesini engelleyemezler.","O kadar az biliyoruz ki, o kadar çok sanıyoruz ki, öyle yavaş öğreniyoruz ki sorular sorup ölüyoruz...","Ağır ağır ölür yolculuğa çıkmayanlar, okumayanlar, müzik dinlemeyenler, gönlünde incelik barındırmayanlar.","Şair, her şeyden önce yaşadığı toplumun sorunlarına, giderek tüm dünyaya karşı sorumludur.","Sen de bir şey yaz. Bana derin derin nefes aldıran bir şey...","Bir gün bir yerde tekrar karşılaşırsak eğer, benimle yeniden tanış.","Aşk ne kadar kısa ve unutmak ne kadar uzun.","Erkeğin sevgisiyle kadının terbiyesi ancak birbirleriyle tartıştıkları zaman belli olur.","Yalnızlığa yenilmemek için sık sık hayaller kurulur ama aslında neyin hayalini kurarsan kur, yalnızlık her hayalin sonudur.","Gerçek şu ki; hayalimizdeki insanın hayalindeki insan değiliz. O kadar!","İnsanlarla yüzyüze konuşarak her sorunu çözebilirsin ama bazı insanlar gelir önüne hangi yüzüne konuşacağını bilemezsin.","Bir kadın, söyleyecek çok şeyi olduğu halde susuyorsa, erkek artık tüm şansını kaybetmiştir.","Hayat yaşandığı kadardır. Ötesi ya hatıralarda bir iz ya da hayallerde bir umuttur.","Seni sevdiğimi anlayacaksın, sevmediğim zaman...","Adını duyunca değil, yanında başka bir ad duyunca yanar aslında canımız.","İnsan ulaşamadığı her şeyin delisi, ulaştığı her şeyin nankörüdür.",{"born":608,"dead":362,"en_meta_desc":1384,"en_quotes":1385,"id":1394,"img":1395,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1356,"related-person":1396,"surname":1399,"tr_meta_desc":1400,"tr_quotes":1401},"Inspiring and motivating quotes of Pablo Picasso, the 20th-century Spanish painter and sculptor, are on Wordsfromlife.com. Click for Pablo Picasso quotes!",[1386,1387,1388,1389,1390,1391,1392,1393],"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.","Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.","Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.","Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.","Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.","Youth has no age.","Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.","I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.","pablo-picasso","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fpablo-picasso.jpg",[1397,1398],"vincent-van-gogh","salvador-dali","Picasso","20. yüzyılın İspanyol ressam ve heykeltıraşı Pablo Picasso'nun ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Pablo Picasso sözleri için tıklayın!",[1402,1403,1404,1405,1406],"Hayatın anlamı yeteneğinizi bulmak; amacı ise onu başkalarına sunmaktır.","Her çocuk bir sanatçıdır, sorun büyüdüğümüzde nasıl sanatçı kalabileceğimizdir.","İlham diye bir kavramın varlığı kesin; önemli olan insanı çalışırken yakalaması.","Sadece bitirmeden ölmeyi göze alabileceklerini yarına ertele.","Önce kuralları tam bir profesyonel gibi öğrenin sonra onları bir sanatçı gibi kırın.",{"born":1408,"dead":1409,"en_meta_desc":1410,"en_quotes":1411,"id":210,"img":1449,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1450,"related-person":1451,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},"428 BC","347 BC","Ancient Greek philosopher Plato's all inspirational and motivational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Plato quotes!",[1412,1413,1414,1415,1416,1417,1418,1419,1420,1421,1422,1423,292,1424,1425,1426,1427,1428,1429,1430,1431,1432,1433,1434,1435,1436,1437,1438,1439,1440,1441,1442,1443,1444,1445,1446,1447,1448],"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.","Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.","Only the dead have seen the end of war.","The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.","I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.","Love is a serious mental disease.","Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.","I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.","If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.","Those who tell the stories rule society.","The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.","Human behavior flows from three main sources:desire, emotion, and knowledge.","The measure of a man is what he does with power.","Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.","One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.","Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.","According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.","Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.","The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.","We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.","Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.","There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.","Courage is knowing what not to fear.","When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.","How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking \u003Ca href='https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate'>state\u003C\u002Fa>?","A house that has a library in it has a soul.","The greatest wealth is to live content with little.","An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.","No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.","Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.","Death is not the worst that can happen to men.","The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.","The beginning is the most important part of the work.”","There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.","You should not honor men more than truth.","In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a \u003Ca href='https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate'>state\u003C\u002Fa>. When we are ill... we do not ask for the handsomest physician, or the most eloquent one.","Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fplato.jpg","Plato",[211,205,401],{"born":1453,"dead":1454,"en_meta_desc":1455,"en_quotes":1456,"id":1462,"img":1463,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1464,"surname":1465,"tr_meta_desc":1466,"tr_quotes":1467},1803,1882,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous philosopher, lecturer and write Ralph Waldo Emerson at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[1457,1458,1459,1460,1461],"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.","Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.","It is not the length of life, but the depth.","When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.","To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.","ralph-waldo-emerson","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fralph-waldo-emerson.jpg","Ralph Waldo","Emerson","Amerikan düşünür ve yazar Ralph Waldo Emerson'un en güzel sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Ralph Waldo Emerson sözleri için tıklayın!",[1468,1469,1470,1471,1472],"Hayatta tek bir kişi bile, siz yaşadığınız için rahat nefes alıyorsa, siz başarılı ve amacınıza ulaşmış bir insansınız.","Hayatımızdaki gölgelerin çoğu kendi güneşimizin önünde durmamız yüzünden oluşur.","Önemli olan hayatınızın uzunluğu değil derinliğidir.","Yıldızları yeterince karanlık olduğunda görebilirsiniz.","Sürekli seni başka biri yapmaya çalışan bir dünyada kendin olmak, işte en büyük başarı.",{"born":1474,"dead":1475,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1476,"id":1479,"img":1480,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1481,"surname":1482,"tr_meta_desc":1483,"tr_quotes":1484},1596,1650,[1477,1478],"I think; therefore I am.","It is not enough to posses a good mind; the most important thing is to use it well.","rene-descartes","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Frene-descartes.jpeg","René","Descartes","Fransız matematikçi, filozof ve yazar Rene Descartes'in ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Rene Descartes sözleri için tıklayın!",[1485],"Düşünüyorum o halde varım.",{"born":1487,"dead":888,"en_meta_desc":1488,"en_quotes":1489,"id":1490,"img":1491,"img_height":1492,"img_width":1493,"name":1494,"surname":1495,"tr_meta_desc":1496,"tr_quotes":47},1874,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous poet Robert Frost at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Robert Frost quotes!",[47],"robert-frost","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Frobert-frost.jpg",580,410,"Robert","Frost","Amerikalı şair Robert Frost'un ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Robert Frost sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":188,"dead":1498,"en_meta_desc":1499,"en_quotes":1500,"id":1398,"img":1501,"img_height":1502,"img_width":41,"name":1503,"surname":1504,"tr_meta_desc":1505,"tr_quotes":47},1989,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous surrealist painter Salvador Dali at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[47],"\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fsalvador-dali.jpg",387,"Salvador","Dali","Sürrealist ressam Salvador Dali'nin tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Hemen tıklayın!",{"born":499,"dead":1507,"en_meta_desc":1508,"en_quotes":1509,"id":1512,"img":1513,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1514,"related-person":1515,"surname":1516,"tr_meta_desc":1517,"tr_quotes":1518},1939,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by famous neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit now!",[1510,1511],"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.","One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.","sigmund-freud","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fsigmund-freud.jpeg","Sigmund",[1216],"Freud","Avusturyalı nörolog ve psikanalitik kuramın kurucusu Sigmund Freud'un tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Sigmund Freud sözleri için tıklayın!",[1519,1520],"İnsanın kendine karşı tamamen dürüst olması iyi bir egzersizdir.","Bir gün dönüp geçmişe baktığınızda, mücadelelerle geçen yılların hayatınızın en güzel yılları olduğunu fark edeceksiniz.",{"born":1522,"dead":1523,"en_meta_desc":1524,"en_quotes":1525,"id":211,"img":1583,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1584,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1585},"469 BC","399 BC","All inpirational quotes about life by Greek philosopher Socrates at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Socrates quotes!",[1526,1527,1528,1529,1530,1531,1532,1533,1534,1535,1536,1537,1538,1539,1540,1541,1542,1543,1544,1545,1546,1547,1548,1549,1431,1550,1551,1552,1553,1554,1555,1556,1557,1558,1559,1560,1561,1562,1563,1564,1565,1566,1567,1568,1569,1570,1571,1572,1573,1574,1575,1576,1577,1578,1579,1580,1581,1582],"Know thyself.","The unexamined life is not worth living.","Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.","There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.","Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.","When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.","Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.","Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.","I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.","Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.","Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.","Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.","Let him who would move the world first move himself.","He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.","No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.","The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.","The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.","To find yourself, think for yourself.","Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.","By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.","If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.","The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.","Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.","Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.","Envy is the ulcer of the soul.","Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.","The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.","Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle.","To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils.","Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.","I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.","Be as you wish to seem.","The hottest love has the coldest end.","Beware the barrenness of a busy life.","We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.","The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.","Every action has its pleasures and its price.","Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.","True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.","If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.","One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.","The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.","He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.","Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers.","All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.","The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.","To move the world we must move ourselves.","My advice to you is get married:if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.","Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.","The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.","If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.","In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.","The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.","The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.","If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.","Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.","From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fsocrates.jpeg","Socrates",[292,1586],"Sorgulanmayan hayat yaşanmaya değmez.",{"born":1588,"dead":1589,"en_meta_desc":1590,"en_quotes":1591,"id":1600,"img":1601,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1602,"surname":1603,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},"1942","2018","English cosmologist, author and theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking's inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Click for Stephen Hawking quotes!",[1592,1593,1594,1593,1595,1596,1597,1598,1599],"Quiet people have the loudest minds.","However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.","Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.","People who boast about their IQ are losers.","I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.","Science can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.","Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it.","If time travel is possible where are the tourists from the future.","stephen-hawking","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fstephen-hawking.jpeg","Stephen","Hawking",{"born":1605,"dead":1606,"en_meta_desc":1607,"en_quotes":1608,"id":1623,"img":1624,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1625,"surname":1626,"tr_meta_desc":1627,"tr_quotes":47},1955,2011,"Inspirational and motivational quotes by American inventor, designer and Apple co founder Steve Jobs at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Steve Jobs quotes!",[1609,1610,1611,1612,1613,1614,1615,1616,1617,1618,1619,1620,1621,1622],"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life","If today were the last day of your life, would you want to do what you are about to do today?","Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.","You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.","Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.","If you don’t love it, you’re going to fail.","It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.","Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful...that’s what matters to me.","Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.","The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.","Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.","Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.","The greatest thing is when you do put your heart and soul into something over an extended period of time, and it is worth it.","Don’t let the noise of other’s’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.","steve-jobs","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fsteve-jobs.jpg","Steve","Jobs","Apple'ın kurucu ortaklarından Steve Jobs'ın tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Steve Jobs sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1047,"dead":1629,"en_quotes":47,"id":412,"name":1630,"related-person":1631,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":1632,"tr_quotes":1633},1815,"Tevfik Fikret",[411,413],"Servet-i Fünun topluluğunun lideri olan şair, öğretmen ve yayıncı Tevfik Fikret'in en güzel sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Tevfik Fikret sözleri için tıklayın!",[1634,1635],"Dünyada en büyük şey kişisel mutluluğu bilmektir.","Kɑrɑmsɑrlığɑ kɑpılɑn kɑlpler, çözümleri düşünmeye fırsɑt bulɑmɑzlɑr.",{"born":1637,"dead":1638,"en_meta_desc":1639,"en_quotes":1640,"id":125,"img":1652,"img_height":332,"img_width":41,"name":1653,"related-person":1654,"surname":1655,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":1656},1847,1931,"American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison's all inspirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for inventor of the bulb Thomas Edison quotes!",[1641,1642,1643,1644,1645,1646,1647,1648,1649,1650,1651],"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.","Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.","There's a way to do it better, find it.","The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.","To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.","Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.","Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.","I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.","I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.","We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.","Vision without execution is just hallucination.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fthomas-edison.jpg","Thomas",[120,124,126],"Edison",[1657,1658,1659,1660,1661,1662,1663,1664,1665,1666],"Ben hiç başarısız olmadım. Sadece sonuç alamadığım 10.000 yeni şey öğrendim.","Bazı yenilgilerin nedeni, insanların işi yarıda bıraktıklarında, başarıya ne kadar yakın olduklarını bilememeleridir.","Bunu daha iyi yapmanın bir yolu var. Onu bul.","Değerli bir şey elde etmek için üç şey gerekir:sıkı çalışma, istikrar ve sağduyu.","İcat etmek için iyi bir hayal gücüne ve bir yığın ıvır zıvıra ihtiyacınız var.","Deha %1 ilham ve %99 terden meydana gelir.","En büyük zayıflığımız pes etmektir. Başarılı olmanın en kesin yolu, her zaman bir kez daha denemektir.","Kaza ile hiçbir şey yapmadım, ne de icatlarımdan herhangi biri kazara ortaya çıktı. Onlar, çalışma sonucu ortaya çıktılar.","Hayatımda hiçbir gün çalışmadım. Hepsi eğlenceydi.","Fırsat, çoğu insan tarafından kaçırılır çünkü o, iş önlüğü giyer ve iş gibi görünür.",{"born":1668,"dead":1669,"en_meta_desc":1670,"en_quotes":1671,"id":825,"img":1673,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1674,"surname":1675,"tr_meta_desc":1676,"tr_quotes":47},1802,1885,"All romantic quotes by French poet, novelist and dramatist Victor Hugo at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for best Victor Hugo quotes!",[1672],"He who opens a school door, closes a prison.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fvictor-hugo.jpeg","Victor","Hugo","Romantik akımı temsil eden şair, romancı ve oyun yazarı Victor Hugo'nun tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Hemen tıklayın!",{"born":1678,"dead":1679,"en_meta_desc":1680,"en_quotes":1681,"id":1397,"img":1686,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1687,"related-person":1688,"surname":1689,"tr_quotes":1690},1853,1890,"All inspirational and motivational quotes by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Vincent van Gogh quotes!",[1682,1683,1684,1685],"I dream my painting and I paint my dream.","I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.","Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.","The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fvincent-van-gogh.jpg","Vincent",[1394,1398],"van Gogh",[1691,1692,1693,1694],"Resmimi hayal ediyorum ve sonra hayalimi boyuyorum.","Her zaman henüz yapamadığım bir şeyi yapıyorum, nasıl yapıldığını öğrenmek için.","Önemli şeyler bir anda yapılamaz; ufak şeylerin bir araya getirilmesiyle oluşur.","Balıkçılar denizin tehlikeli fırtınaların berbat olduğunu bilirler, ama bu tehlikeler onları kıyıda kalmaya ikna etmez.",{"born":1454,"dead":1696,"en_meta_desc":1697,"en_quotes":47,"id":1698,"name":1699,"surname":1700,"tr_meta_desc":1701,"tr_quotes":47},1941,"English writer and essayist Virginia Woolf's inpirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for best Virginia Woolf quotes.","virginia-woolf","Virginia","Woolf","İngiliz feminist, yazar ve romancı Virginia Woolf sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Virginia Woolf sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1703,"dead":840,"en_quotes":1704,"id":1708,"img":1709,"img_height":1710,"img_width":1711,"name":1712,"related-person":1713,"surname":47,"tr_quotes":1714},1694,[1705,1706,1707],"Perfect is the enemy of good.","Prejudices are what fools use for reason.","Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.","voltaire","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fvoltaire.jpg",709,560,"Voltaire",[242,1220],[292,1715,1716],"Önyargılar aptalların akıl yürütmesidir.","Her insan yapmadığı tüm iyiliklerden suçludur.",{"born":85,"dead":1718,"en_meta_desc":1719,"en_quotes":1720,"id":1724,"img":1725,"img_height":183,"img_width":41,"name":1726,"surname":1727,"tr_meta_desc":1728,"tr_quotes":47},1966,"Inspirational quotes by American animator, voice actor and film maker Walt Disney at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for all Walt Disney quotes!",[1721,1722,1723],"If you can dream it, you can do it.","Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.","All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.","walt-disney","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fwalt-disney.jpeg","Walt","Disney","Amerikalı yapımcı, yönetmen ve senarist Walt Disney'in tüm ilham verici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Walt Disney sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1730,"dead":1731,"en_meta_desc":1732,"en_quotes":1733,"id":1743,"img":1744,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1726,"surname":1745,"tr_meta_desc":1746,"tr_quotes":1747},1819,1892,"American poet and essayist Walt Whitman's all inpirational quotes at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for best Walt Whitman quotes!",[1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],"Resist much, obey little","We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.","Peace is always beautiful.","I am large, I contain multitudes.","Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.","Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.","If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.","And as to me, I know nothing else but miracles.","I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.","walt-whitman","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fwalt-whitman.jpeg","Whitman","Amerikalı şair Walt Whitman'ın tüm ilham verici ve motive edici sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Walt Whitman sözleri için tıklayın!",{"8":1748},"Yaralı bir insana ne hissediyorsun diye sormam, yaralı olurum.",{"born":1750,"dead":86,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":47,"id":1751,"name":1752,"surname":1753,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1897,"william-faulkner","William","Faulkner",{"born":625,"dead":1755,"en_meta_desc":1756,"en_quotes":1757,"id":836,"img":1771,"img_height":1772,"img_width":41,"name":1752,"surname":1773,"tr_meta_desc":47,"tr_quotes":47},1616,"Inspirational quotes by British playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for William Shakespeare quotes!",[1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770],"To be, or not to be:that is the question.","If we are true to ourselves, we cannot false to anyone.","Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.","If money go before, all ways do lie open.","When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fool.","Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.","Have more than you show, speak less than you know.","Hell is empty and all the devils are here.","It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.","No legacy is so rich as honesty.","Always the wrong person gives you the right lesson in life.","Expectatiton is the root of all heartache.","Make not your thoughts your prisons.","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fwilliam-shakespeare.jpeg",422,"Shakespeare",{"born":1487,"dead":328,"en_meta_desc":1775,"en_quotes":1776,"id":1781,"img":1782,"img_height":1783,"img_width":41,"name":1784,"surname":1785,"tr_meta_desc":1786,"tr_quotes":1787},"All best quotes by English politician, arm officer and writer Winston Churchill at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Winston Churchill quotes!",[1777,1778,1779,1780],"Success is not final, failure is not fatal:it is the courage to continue that counts.","It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.","Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.","Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.","winston-churchill","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fwinston-churchill.jpeg",425,"Winston","Churchill","İngiliz tarihinin önemli isimlerinden olan devlet adamı Winston Churchill'in sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Winston Churchill sözleri için tıklayın!",[1788],"Başarı son değildir, başarısızlık da son değildir. Önemli olan devam etme cesaretini gösterebilmektir.",{"born":1790,"dead":1791,"en_meta_desc":1792,"en_quotes":1793,"id":1796,"img":1797,"img_height":41,"img_width":122,"name":1798,"surname":1799,"tr_meta_desc":1800,"tr_quotes":47},1756,1791,"All inspirational quotes by world famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Wordsfromlife.com. Visit for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart quotes!",[1794,1795],"Be silent if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak and speak in such a way that people will remember it.","I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings","wolfgang-amadeus-mozart","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fwolfgang-amadeus-mozart.jpg","Wolfgang Amadeus","Mozart","Klasik dönemin etkili bestekarı Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'ın sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Dünyaca ünlü Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":509,"dead":1802,"en_quotes":47,"id":1803,"name":1804,"surname":1805,"tr_meta_desc":1806,"tr_quotes":47},1958,"yahya-kemal-beyatli","Yahya Kemal","Beyatlı","Türk şair, yazar ve diplomat Yahya Kemal Beyatlı'nın en güzel sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Yahya Kemal Beyatlı sözleri için tıklayın!",{"born":1808,"dead":1809,"en_quotes":47,"id":1810,"name":1811,"surname":47,"tr_meta_desc":1812,"tr_quotes":1813},1238,1321,"yunus-emre","Yunus Emre","Türkçe şiirin öncüsü olan halk şairi Yunus Emre'nin ilham verici ve motive edici tüm sözleri Wordsfromlife.com'da. Yunus Emre sözleri için tıklayın!",[1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821],"Sevelim, sevilelim, bu dünya kimseye kalmaz...","Maharet güzeli görebilmektir, sevmenin sırrına erebilmektir, cihan alem herkes bilsin ki en büyük ibadet sevebilmektir.","Bilmeyen ne bilsin bizi, bilenlere selam olsun...","Sabır saadeti ebedi kalır sabır kimde ise o nasip alır.","Kırma dostun kalbini; \u003Cbr> Onaracak ustası yok. \u003Cbr> Soldurma gönül çiçeğini \u003Cbr> Sulamaya ibrik yok.","Eğer ilerde bir gün 'keşke' demek istemiyorsan üç şeyi doğru seç:Eşini, işini, arkadaşını.","Biz gelmedik dava için, bizim işimiz sevda için, dostun evi gönüllerdir.","İnsan iyiliği kadar taşlanır, merhameti kadar dışlanır, kulluğu kadar da sınanır.",{"born":1169,"dead":1823,"en_quotes":1824,"id":1826,"img":1827,"img_height":1828,"img_width":41,"name":809,"surname":1829},1992,[1825],"There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.","isaac-asimov","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fisaac-asimov.jpg",871,"Asimov",{"born":608,"dead":1831,"en_quotes":1832,"id":1835,"img":1836,"name":1837,"surname":1838},1938,[1833,1834],"Peace at Home, Peace in the World","Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.","mustafa-kemal-ataturk","https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fmustafa-kemal-ataturk.jpeg","Mustafa Kemal","Atatürk",{"born":1840,"dead":901,"en_quotes":1841,"id":1843,"img":1844,"name":1845,"surname":333},1813,[1842],"It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.","claude-bernard","https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Fclaude-bernard.jpg","Claude",{"born":47,"dead":47,"en_meta_desc":47,"en_quotes":1847,"id":1849,"img":1850,"name":1851,"surname":47},[1848],"There is nothing impossible to him who will try.","alexander-the-greate","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fauthors\u002Falexander-the-great.jpg","Alexander the Great",[1853,1859,1865,1871,1877,1883,1888,1895,1901,1907,1914,1921,1929,1938,1946,1953,1960,1968,1977,1985,1995,2006,2010,2014,2016,2021,2026,2031,2037,2043,2049,2054,2060,2065,2072,2077,2084,2088,2093,2099,2105,2111,2119],{"content":1854,"en_meta_desc":1855,"id":1856,"img":1857,"related-words":47,"word":1858},"\u003Cp> \"Allegory\"is a literary, dramatic, or artistic technique wherein characters, events, or elements represent abstract ideas, principles, or concepts, often to convey a message or teach a lesson. Unlike simple symbolism, which typically connects one symbol to one idea, allegories involve layered, symbolic representations throughout a narrative.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In an allegorical work, the surface story or plot can be understood and appreciated on its own. Still, a deeper meaning or message is intended by the creator, which requires interpretation by the reader or viewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Examples of Allegory\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>\"The Cave\"from \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fauthors\u002Fplato-quotes\">Plato's\u003C\u002Fa> \"Republic:\u003C\u002Fstrong> This allegory represents people as prisoners in a cave, only seeing shadows and thinking that's all reality is. The story illustrates the difference between those who perceive the \"shadows\"(illusion) and those who see the \"outside world\"(truth or enlightenment).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>\"Animal Farm\"by \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fauthors\u002Fgeorge-orwell-quotes\">George Orwell\u003C\u002Fa>:\u003C\u002Fstrong> This novella uses animals on a farm rebelling against their human owner as an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Artistic Representations:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Many Renaissance paintings use allegory to represent abstract ideas like love, death, virtue, and wisdom.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Allegories allow authors and artists to convey complex ideas, moral lessons, or criticisms in ways that are more approachable and engaging for their audience.\u003C\u002Fp>","Allegory:A literary and artistic technique where characters and events symbolize deeper meanings, enriching narratives with layered insights.","allegory","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fallegory.jpeg","Allegory",{"content":1860,"en_meta_desc":1861,"id":1862,"img":1863,"related-words":47,"word":1864},"\u003Cp>\"Bucolic\"is an adjective that relates to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>It often conveys a sense of idyllic rural life, pastoral scenes, or peaceful, countryside settings. For instance, a landscape with rolling green hills, grazing sheep, and a serene village can be described as \"bucolic.\"The word can also be used as a noun, where it refers to a pastoral poem or an idyllic rural setting. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Origin of Bucolic\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \"bucolic\"has its roots in the Greek word \"boukolikos,\"which pertains to herdsmen or cowherds. It's derived from \"boukolos,\"which means \"cowherd.\"This etymology reflects the word's association with the countryside and pastoral life, as herdsmen typically tended to their flocks in rural settings. Over time, the term expanded in usage to describe anything that evokes the charm and simplicity of the countryside or rural life.\u003C\u002Fp>","Bucolic:Capturing the idyllic charm of rural life, it paints a picture of serene landscapes, peaceful pastures, and countryside tranquility.","bucolic","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fbucolic.jpeg","Bucolic",{"content":1866,"en_meta_desc":1867,"id":1868,"img":1869,"img_height":41,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1870},"\u003Cp>A cinephile is an individual with a passionate interest in cinema, particularly in films as an art form. Cinephiles are often known for their dedicated and fervent interest in movies, and they usually possess a deep knowledge of film history, directors, actors, cinematographies, film theory, and other aspects of the cinema world.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Origin of Cinephile\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The term \"cinephile\"is derived from two words:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Col> \u003Cli>Ciné, which is short for \"cinéma\"in French, meaning \"cinema\"or \"film.\"\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>-phile, a suffix of Greek origin (from \"philos\"meaning \"loving\").\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Fol> \u003Cp>Thus, \"cinephile\"directly translates to \"film-loving\"or \"lover of cinema.\"The word has its roots in French film culture, especially post-World War II, during which there was a significant rise in film appreciation clubs and the emergence of film journals like \"Cahiers du cinéma.\"The word was used to describe individuals who were passionate about watching, analyzing, and discussing films. Over time, the term was adopted by English speakers and became commonly used in various languages to describe dedicated film enthusiasts.\u003C\u002Fp>","Dive into the world of cinephilia:a haven for those passionate about films, their history, and the artistry behind the scenes. Explore what it truly means to be a cinephile.","cinephile","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fcinephile.jpeg","Cinephile",{"content":1872,"en_meta_desc":1873,"id":1874,"img":1875,"img_height":41,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1876},"\u003Cp>\"Ephemeral\"means lasting for a very short time or temporary. It's often used to describe something transient or fleeting. The word can be applied to a range of things, from the physical (like a rainbow) to the more abstract (like an emotion). For instance, morning dew, a shooting star, or a brief moment of happiness can all be described as ephemeral.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Ephemeral Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>A snowflake on your palm.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The scent of jasmine in the evening air.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>A soap bubble's iridescent glow before it pops.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The final note of a song echoing in a concert hall.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The flutter of a butterfly before it moves to its next destination.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>A smile from a stranger in passing.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The cool shade under a cloud on a sunny day.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The first light of dawn before the sun fully rises.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The flash of a meteor during a nighttime meteor shower.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>A giggle from an infant that's soon replaced by a curious expression.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Where Does Come From \"Ephemeral\"Word?\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \"ephemeral\"originates from the Greek word \"ephēmeros,\"which means \"lasting only one day\"or \"short-lived.\"It is derived from \"ephēmēr(a)\"meaning \"of a day\"and has roots in the word \"hēmera,\"which means \"day\"in Greek. Over time, its use in English has broadened to describe anything transient or short-lived, not just things that last a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>","Ephemeral:fleeting moments and transient beauty, capturing the essence of things lasting only briefly.","ephemeral","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fephemeral.jpeg","Ephemeral",{"content":1878,"en_meta_desc":1879,"id":1880,"img":1881,"img_height":41,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1882},"\u003Cp>Ethereal describes something that is extremely delicate, light, and not of this world, almost as if it belongs to the realm of the heavens or the divine.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>The term often conveys a sense of fragility, beauty, and otherworldliness. It can be used to describe physical things, like a light, airy fabric, or abstract concepts, like a piece of music or a particular ambiance. For example, one might describe the soft glow of the morning light as \"ethereal\"or a hauntingly beautiful melody as having an \"ethereal quality.\"The word originates from the Latin term \"aether,\"which means \"upper air\"or \"pure, fresh air.\"\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Origins of Ethereal\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \"ethereal\"has its origins in the Latin word \"aetherius,\"which itself is derived from the Ancient Greek word \"aithērios.\"This Greek word is related to \"aithēr,\"which means \"upper air\"or \"the clear sky.\"In ancient and medieval cosmology, \"aether\"was believed to be the pure essence or substance that the heavens were made of, distinct from the air of the earthly realm.\u003C\u002Fp>","Ethereal:Delicate, otherworldly beauty evoking the celestial; a realm of lightness, fragility, and sublime transcendence.","ethereal","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fethereal.jpeg","Ethereal",{"content":1884,"en_meta_desc":1885,"id":1886,"img":47,"related-words":47,"word":1887},"\u003Cp> The word \"memento\"refers to an object that serves as a reminder of a person, place, event, or period in one's life. It's a keepsake or souvenir that has sentimental value and is often kept for the purpose of remembering or commemorating something significant.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Memento:Latin Roots and Mortal Reminders\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The term can be traced back to the Latin word \"meminisse,\"which means \"to remember.\"In some contexts, \"memento\"can also be a cautionary reminder or a warning, as in the phrase \u003Cstrong>memento mori\u003C\u002Fstrong>, which translates to \"remember that you will die,\"a reminder of human mortality.\u003C\u002Fp>","Memento:A keepsake with deep Latin roots, symbolizing both cherished memories and the poignant reminder of life's fleeting nature.","memento","Memento",{"content":1889,"en_meta_desc":1890,"id":1891,"img":1892,"img_height":1893,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1894},"\u003Cp>Nostalgia is a poignant, often bittersweet feeling of longing for a time or place from one's past. It encompasses a range of emotions, from a simple wistful yearning to more profound sentiments of melancholy or loss. Rooted in personal experiences, memories, and sensations, nostalgia often involves reminiscing about significant moments, people, places, or events that hold particular meaning.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Nostalgia isn't just about recalling the past; it's also about the emotions tied to those memories. Often, nostalgic feelings are tinted with a rose-colored perspective, wherein past events are remembered more fondly or positively than they might have been experienced in real-time. This emotional time-travel can serve as a comforting escape, offering solace in challenging times or simply providing a pleasant diversion.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>In modern culture, nostalgia plays a significant role in art, music, literature, and even consumer products, as evoking past eras or moments can resonate deeply with audiences or consumers.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Origin Of Nostalgia Word\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The term originates from the Greek words \"nostos\"(return home) and \"algos\"(pain), suggesting the pain associated with the desire to return to one's homeland or to a past period.\u003C\u002Fp>","Nostalgia:A poignant journey to the past, evoking deep emotions and memories, often seen through rose-tinted glasses.","nostalgia","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fnostalgia.jpeg",452,"Nostalgia",{"content":1896,"en_meta_desc":1897,"id":1898,"img":1899,"img_height":41,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1900},"\u003Cp>Eternal describes something that lasts or exists forever, without an end or a beginning. It often denotes timelessness and permanence.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>In many contexts, especially religious or philosophical ones, \"eternal\"is used to convey the idea of something that exists outside of the temporal constraints we're familiar with in our day-to-day lives. \u003C\u002Fp>","Explore eternal a term denoting timelessness and infinity, often used to describe unending existence or sentiments that transcend temporal boundaries.","eternal","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Feternal.jpeg","Eternal",{"content":1902,"en_meta_desc":1903,"id":1904,"img":1905,"img_height":41,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1906},"\u003Cp>Petrichor is the pleasant, earthy scent that often accompanies the first rain after a long period of dry weather. It's the smell that permeates the air when raindrops fall on dry soil. The term comes from the Greek words \"petra,\"meaning \"stone,\"and \"ichor,\"which is the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>The scent itself arises from a combination of factors. One of the main contributors is an oil produced by certain plants during dry periods, which is absorbed by soil and rocks. When it rains, compounds from the oil are released into the air. Another contributor is the compound geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain bacteria in the soil, which also gets released into the air when it rains. Humans are particularly sensitive to geosmin and can detect it at very low levels, which is why the smell of petrichor is so noticeable and distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>","Petrichor:The earthy aroma arising after rain falls on dry soil, nature's refreshing scent from ancient Greek origins.","petrichor","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpetrichor.jpeg","Petrichor",{"content":1908,"en_meta_desc":1909,"id":1910,"img":1911,"img_height":1912,"img_width":41,"related-words":47,"word":1913},"\u003Cp>Zenith refers to the highest point or peak of something, especially in terms of power, success, or influence.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>The word \"zenith,\"due to its representation of the apex or the very top, has a positive connotation in most contexts and evokes a sense of achievement or grandeur.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Example Sentence Using Zenith\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Ch3>Astronomical Context\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>At noon, the sun was nearly at its zenith, casting minimal shadows on the ground.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>When observing the stars, it's important to note the time they reach their zenith.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Metaphorical\u002FGeneral Usage\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>The artist reached the zenith of her career when her masterpiece was unveiled at the international exhibition.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>In the 1980s, the company was at the zenith of its power, controlling almost half the market share. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>As a young athlete, he quickly climbed the ranks and reached the zenith of his sport.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The festival, at its zenith, attracted thousands of visitors from all over the world.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The civilization was at the zenith of its cultural and scientific achievements before the decline began.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Their relationship was at its zenith during their vacation in Paris, filled with love and mutual understanding.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The fashion trend reached its zenith in the summer, with almost everyone wearing the iconic style. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>In Comparative Contexts\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>While many believe that technology is at its zenith, others argue that we are on the cusp of even greater innovations.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The author's earlier works were commendable, but his latest novel truly represents the zenith of his literary talents.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Etymology of Zenith Term\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The term \"zenith\"is derived from the Arabic term \"samt ar-ras,\"which means \"the road above the head\"or \"path above the head.\"It entered English through Old French as \"cenith.\"\u003C\u002Fp>","Zenith:the highest point or peak, whether in the sky, a career, or any endeavor. A symbol of excellence and achievement.","zenith","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fzenith.jpeg",383,"Zenith",{"content":1915,"en_meta_desc":1916,"id":1917,"img":1918,"img_height":1919,"img_width":1919,"related-words":47,"word":1920},"\u003Cp>\"Shrinkflation\"is a term used to describe a situation where a product's size or quantity is reduced while its price remains the same or increases. This phenomenon often goes unnoticed by consumers, as it can be a subtle change.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Companies might use shrinkflation as a strategy to offset rising production costs or inflation without explicitly raising prices. This way, consumers may not immediately realize that they are getting less value for the same price. It's a common tactic in various industries, especially in food and consumer goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Another Word for Shrinkflation\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Another term often used interchangeably with \"shrinkflation\"is \"hidden inflation.\"This term emphasizes the aspect of inflation being concealed within the same or higher pricing, despite a reduction in the quantity or size of the product.\u003C\u002Fp>","Explore shrinkflation:a subtle yet impactful economic trend where product sizes decrease while prices stay the same or rise, often unnoticed by consumers.","shrinkflation","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fshrinkflation.webp",1024,"Shrinkflation",{"content":1922,"en_meta_desc":1923,"id":1924,"related_words":1925,"word":1928},"\u003Cp>Colorism refers to a form of prejudice and discrimination based on skin tone, typically within the same racial or ethnic group. It favors people with lighter skin tones over those with darker skin tones, leading to unequal treatment and opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Here are some key aspects of colorism:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Within-group discrimination:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Unlike racism, which targets entire racial groups, colorism occurs within specific groups, favoring certain skin tones over others.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Historical roots:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Colorism has historical roots in colonialism and slavery, where light skin was often associated with privilege and power.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Global problem:\u003C\u002Fstrong> While it may be more visible in certain communities, colorism exists across the globe and affects people of various ethnicities.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Harmful effects:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Colorism can have significant negative impacts on individuals, leading to internalized racism, self-esteem issues, and limited opportunities.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>","What is Colorism? Discrimination based on skin tone explained. Learn how it affects individuals and societies.","colorism",[1926,1927],"Pigmentocracy","Shadeism","Colorism",{"content":1930,"en_meta_desc":1931,"id":1932,"related_words":1933,"word":1937},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Essential\u003C\u002Fstrong> means absolutely necessary, indispensable, or fundamental. It describes something so important that it cannot be done without. In chemistry, it can refer to nutrients required for normal physiological function that the body cannot synthesize on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Water is essential for life.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Clear communication is essential to teamwork.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>From Latin \u003Cem>essentia\u003C\u002Fem> (“being, essence”).\u003C\u002Fp>","Essential:absolutely necessary or indispensable; fundamental to function or success.","essential",[1934,1935,1936],"Indispensable","Crucial","Requisite","Essential",{"content":1939,"en_meta_desc":1940,"id":1941,"img":47,"related_words":1942,"word":1945},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Peripheral\u003C\u002Fstrong> can have different meanings depending on the context. Here are the two most common interpretations:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>1. On the Outside or Less Important:\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Generally:\u003C\u002Fstrong> This refers to something located on the outer edge or boundary of something else. It can also describe something that is of lesser importance or relevance compared to the core or central aspect.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Anatomy:\u003C\u002Fstrong> This term describes parts of the body that are near the surface, like the skin, limbs, and the peripheral nervous system, which carries signals outside the central nervous system.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Vision:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \"Peripheral vision\"refers to the ability to see things out of the corner of your eye, beyond the central focus.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Computing:\u003C\u002Fstrong> When talking about computers, \"peripheral\"refers to any device connected to the main computer that expands its capabilities. This includes devices like printers, scanners, keyboards, mice, external hard drives, etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>2. Science Fiction:\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>In science fiction, \"peripheral\"often refers to a simulated reality or virtual world that exists alongside the real world. This can be a separate universe or a hidden layer within our own.\u003C\u002Fp>","Explore \"peripheral\":Its outer limits & deeper meanings, from body parts to tech & beyond.","peripheral",[1943,1944],"Ancillary","Marginal","Peripheral",{"content":1947,"en_meta_desc":1948,"id":1949,"img":47,"related_words":1950,"word":1952},"\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Serendipity\u003C\u002Fstrong> refers to the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. It describes the fortunate discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or beneficial when you weren't specifically looking for it. \u003Cp>Serendipity often involves a combination of luck, chance, and a keen ability to recognize and appreciate the unexpected positive outcomes. It's a term commonly used to express the joy of stumbling upon something delightful or valuable unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>","Serendipity:happy, beneficial discoveries made by chance and the delight of the unexpected.","serendipity",[1951],"Fortuity","Serendipity",{"content":1954,"en_meta_desc":1955,"id":1956,"related_words":1957,"word":1959},"\u003Cp> In simple terms, \"mediocrity\"means being just okay or average, without being exceptionally good or bad. It refers to something or someone that is neither outstanding nor terrible, but falls in the middle. If you describe a performance, work, or person as mediocre, it suggests that it is just average and doesn't stand out in any remarkable way.\u003C\u002Fp>","Mediocrity:the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002Fa> of being average neither notably good nor notably bad.","mediocrity",[1958],"Ordinariness","Mediocrity",{"content":1961,"en_meta_desc":1962,"id":1963,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"related_words":1964,"word":1967},"\u003Cp>An \u003Cstrong>epiphany\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a moment of sudden and profound realization or understanding. It is often characterized by a sudden insight or clarity that brings about a new perspective or a deeper understanding of a situation, concept, or truth. Epiphanies are moments of enlightenment where something becomes clear, and individuals experience a heightened awareness or a shift in their understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Epiphanies can occur in various aspects of life, including personal relationships, creative endeavors, problem-solving, or moments of self-discovery. These moments are often described as a sudden \"aha\"or \"Eureka!\"moment, where the pieces of a puzzle come together, and one sees the bigger picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The term \"epiphany\"is commonly associated with a breakthrough in thought or perception, leading to a profound and sometimes life-changing realization. It's a moment when confusion or uncertainty is replaced by a sudden and illuminating clarity. Epiphanies can be simple and everyday, or they can be significant and transformative, depending on the context in which they occur.\u003C\u002Fp>","Epiphany:a sudden, illuminating realization that shifts understanding an “aha!” moment.","epiphany",[1965,1966],"Revelation","Awakening","Epiphany",{"content":1969,"en_meta_desc":1970,"id":1971,"img":47,"related_words":1972,"word":1976},"\u003Cp>Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that deals with the study of knowledge, including its nature, origin, scope, and limits. It seeks to answer fundamental questions about how knowledge is acquired, what qualifies as knowledge, and how one can distinguish justified belief from mere opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>","Epistemology:The study of knowledge, its nature, origin, and limits. It explores questions related to belief, justification, and the nature of truth.","epistemology",[1973,1974,1975],"Evidence","Coherence","Skepticism","Epistemology",{"content":1978,"en_meta_desc":1979,"id":1980,"img":47,"related_words":1981,"word":1984},"\u003Cp>Adversity refers to a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002Fa> or condition of serious difficulty, hardship, or misfortune that presents significant challenges. It can manifest in various forms, including personal struggles, financial difficulties, health issues, loss, social or political instability, or natural disasters. Adversity tests an individual's resilience and ability to cope with and overcome obstacles.\u003C\u002Fp>","Adversity:serious difficulty or hardship that tests resilience and strength.","adversity",[1982,1983],"Hardship","Misfortune","Adversity",{"content":1986,"en_meta_desc":1987,"id":1988,"img":47,"related_words":1989,"word":1994},"\u003Csection class=\"definition\">\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Pronunciation:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u002Fməˈlɪf.lu.əs\u002F\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp> \u003Cstrong>Mellifluous\u003C\u002Fstrong> means \u003Cem>pleasantly smooth, sweet, and musical to hear\u003C\u002Fem> most often used for a voice or music . \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong> mel\u003C\u002Fstrong> (Latin) = “honey”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>fluere\u003C\u002Fstrong> (Latin) = “to flow”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp> Literally:“flowing like honey.”\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cem>She has a mellifluous voice that captivates the audience.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cem>The mellifluous sound of the violin filled the hall.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Synonyms\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>euphonious, honeyed, dulcet, sweet-sounding, soothing\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Part of Speech\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Adjective\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>","Mellifluous:sweet, smooth, and musical in sound literally “flowing like honey.”","mellifluous",[1990,1991,1992,1993],"Euphonious","Dulcet","Honeyed","Soothing","Mellifluous",{"content":1996,"en_meta_desc":1997,"id":1998,"img":1999,"img_height":2000,"img_width":1919,"related_words":2001,"word":2005},"\u003Ch2>Meaning of Vellichor\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp> \u003Cstrong>Vellichor\u003C\u002Fstrong> is the \u003Cem>strange, wistful \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fnostalgia\">nostalgia\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem> you feel when you are inside a second-hand bookstore. It’s the bittersweet sense of history, memories, and untold stories within old books. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cem>Walking through the dusty aisles of the old shop, she felt vellichor wash over her.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cem>Vellichor is the quiet magic ✨ of knowing every book has been loved by someone before you.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Origin\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp> Coined by \u003Cstrong>John Koenig\u003C\u002Fstrong> in \u003Cem>The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows\u003C\u002Fem>. It describes emotions that previously had no name. \u003C\u002Fp>","Vellichor:the wistful nostalgia felt in second-hand bookstores the quiet magic of well-loved books.","vellichor","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fvellichor.webp",1536,[1894,2002,2003,2004],"Bibliophilia","Saudade","Wistfulness","Vellichor",{"content":2007,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2008,"img":47,"related_words":47,"word":2009},"\u003Ch2>Meaning of Luminous\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Luminous means full of light, glowing, or shining brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It can describe both physical light (like the moon, stars, or a lamp) and figurative brightness (like a luminous idea or a luminous personality).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>From Latin “lumen” = “light”\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Related words:illuminate, luminary, luminosity.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>The luminous stars lit up the night sky.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Her luminous smile brightened the whole room.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>A luminous idea changed the course of the project.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>","luminous","Luminous",{"content":2011,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2012,"img":47,"related_words":2013,"word":1951},"\u003Ch2>Meaning of Fortuity\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Fortuity means a chance occurrence or an event happening by accident, not by design.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It refers to things that happen unexpectedly, whether good or bad, without deliberate intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>From Latin “fortuitus” = “happening by chance”\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Related to fortune and fortuitous.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul> \u003Cli>Meeting her at the café was pure fortuity.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The discovery of the ancient ruins was a fortuity that changed history.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Sometimes success comes through effort, and sometimes through fortuity.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>👉 Fortuity is less common than chance or coincidence, but it feels more elegant and literary.\u003C\u002Fp>","fortuity",[1952],{"content":47,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2015,"img":47,"word":2002},"bibliophilia",{"content":2017,"en_meta_desc":2018,"id":2019,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"word":2020},"\u003Ch2>Ancient Roots\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>The root comes from the Latin quadraginta, meaning forty.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>In medieval Italian, this became quaranta (forty).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cdiv> \u003Cdiv style=\"display:flex; gap:20px;\"> \u003Cdiv> \u003Ch2>Venice and the Black Death\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>In the mid-14th century, the Black Death devastated Europe, killing around a third of the population.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Venice, a major port city, was terrified of infected ships bringing plague.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Authorities ordered ships from plague-affected regions to remain anchored offshore for a period before anyone could come ashore.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>At first, this waiting period was trentino 30 days. Later, it was extended to 40 days for greater safety. This became known as quaranta giorni (“forty days”), which gave us quarantine.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv style=\"margin:auto;\">\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fblack-death-mask.png\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Ch2>Why Forty Days?\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Historians believe the number 40 wasn’t random:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>In the Bible, 40 days is a symbolic period of purification (e.g., Noah’s flood lasted 40 days, Jesus fasted for 40 days).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Medieval medicine often used 40 as a standard healing or cleansing period.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>It was long enough to ensure plague symptoms would show in sailors and passengers.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Spread of the Word\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>By the 16th century, the term entered French as quarantaine.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>English borrowed it in the early 17th century, first used for ships, later extended to people and even animals.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Over time, “quarantine” evolved to mean any enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease, not just the 40-day rule.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Modern Usage\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli> Today, \u003Cstrong>quarantine\u003C\u002Fstrong> can mean staying isolated due to infectious disease exposure, but also has figurative uses (e.g., quarantining computer viruses). \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> The original sense of “forty days” has faded, though the symbolic number is still remembered in the etymology. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Historical Impact\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Quarantine laws were among the first public health measures in history.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Venice even built the \u003Cem>Lazzaretto Vecchio\u003C\u002Fem> (1423), one of the first quarantine stations, on an island in its lagoon.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The practice spread across Europe and shaped how governments handled epidemics up to modern times (including COVID-19).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>So, the word “quarantine” is not just about isolation; it carries with it a whole story of fear, religion, trade, and the beginnings of public health.\u003C\u002Fp>","The word Quarantine has a very rich history tied to medicine, trade, and even fear of the unknown.","quarantine","Quarantine",{"content":2022,"en_meta_desc":2023,"id":2024,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"word":2025},"\u003Carticle> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Origin:\u003C\u002Fstrong> From the Latin \u003Cem>salarium\u003C\u002Fem>, which comes from \u003Cem>sal\u003C\u002Fem> (salt).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Csection id=\"roman-connection\"> \u003Ch2>The Word’s Journey\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Ch3>1. Origin\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp> From Latin \u003Cstrong>salarium\u003C\u002Fstrong>, derived from \u003Cem>sal\u003C\u002Fem> meaning \u003Cq>salt\u003C\u002Fq>.Salt was a critical resource in antiquity:it preserved food, flavored meals, and was often difficult to obtain. \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch3>2. The Roman Connection\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp> In the \u003Cstrong>Roman Empire\u003C\u002Fstrong>, salt was so valuable that it was sometimes referred to as “white gold.” Roman soldiers were given a regular allowance for purchasing salt, known as the \u003Cem>salarium\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> While not always literally paid in salt (contrary to the popular myth), this allowance was linked to the vital commodity.Over time, \u003Cem>salarium\u003C\u002Fem> broadened to mean any regular payment given for services. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"salt-value\"> \u003Ch3>3. Salt’s Economic and Cultural Value\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Salt was \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fessential\">essential\u003C\u002Fa> for \u003Cstrong>preserving meat and fish\u003C\u002Fstrong>, especially before refrigeration.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Cities and trade routes grew around salt deposits and saltworks.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> The \u003Cstrong>Via Salaria\u003C\u002Fstrong> (“Salt Road”) in Rome was used to transport salt into the city, reinforcing its importance. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Wars and taxes were often fought over control of salt supplies.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Phrases like \u003Cq>worth one’s salt\u003C\u002Fq> come from this association with value and labor.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"transition\"> \u003Ch3>4. Transition into Medieval and Modern Europe\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp> As Latin evolved into the Romance languages, \u003Cem>salarium\u003C\u002Fem> continued to mean wages. It entered English around the \u003Cstrong>13th century\u003C\u002Fstrong>, first referring to fixed regular payments (not daily wages). \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> By the modern period, “salary” specifically meant a fixed periodic payment (monthly or annual), as opposed to hourly or daily wages. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"legacy\"> \u003Ch3>5. Figurative and Cultural Legacy\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cq>Worth your salt\u003C\u002Fq> → still used to describe someone competent or deserving.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cq>Take it with a grain of salt\u003C\u002Fq> → from Pliny the Elder, meaning to be skeptical.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> In religious traditions, salt symbolized purity, loyalty, and preservation.Sharing salt was a sign of friendship and trust. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Summary\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp> The word \u003Cstrong>salary\u003C\u002Fstrong> traces back to salt, one of the most valuable commodities of the ancient world. Roman soldiers weren’t literally paid in salt, but their wages were linked to it. Over centuries, \u003Cem>salarium\u003C\u002Fem> expanded to mean fixed compensation,and today it carries the ancient echo of salt’s value in human society. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003C\u002Farticle>","From the Latin salarium, which comes from sal (salt).","salary","Salary",{"content":2027,"en_meta_desc":2028,"id":2029,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"word":2030},"\u003Carticle> \u003Csection> \u003Cp>\u003Cem>A detailed look at how the modern word \u003Cstrong>robot\u003C\u002Fstrong> emerged.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"origin\"> \u003Ch2>Origin\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \u003Cstrong>robot\u003C\u002Fstrong> comes from the Czech noun \u003Cem>robota\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “forced labor,” “drudgery,” or “serf labor.” In medieval Central Europe, \u003Cem>robota\u003C\u002Fem> referred to the unpaid, obligatory work peasants performed for landowners.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"first-use\"> \u003Ch2>First Use\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The term was first introduced in \u003Cstrong>1921\u003C\u002Fstrong> in the play \u003Cem>R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)\u003C\u002Fem> by the Czech writer \u003Cstrong>Karel Čapek\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The play portrayed artificial human-like workers created to serve humans. These “robots” were biological constructs rather than mechanical devices closer to today’s concept of androids than factory machines.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>Karel Čapek credited his brother, \u003Cstrong>Josef Čapek\u003C\u002Fstrong>, with suggesting the word. Karel had considered other names (such as a Latin-derived \u003Cem>labori\u003C\u002Fem>), but Josef proposed \u003Cem>roboti\u003C\u002Fem>, which sounded more natural and carried a harsher connotation in Czech.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"spread\"> \u003Ch2>Spread of the Term\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>After the premiere in Prague, \u003Cem>R.U.R.\u003C\u002Fem> quickly became popular across Europe and the United States. The word \u003Cstrong>robot\u003C\u002Fstrong> entered English and other languages and soon became the standard term for artificial workers or automatons.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"evolution\"> \u003Ch2>Evolution of Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Col> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>1920s:\u003C\u002Fstrong> The word referred to artificial biological workers (not machines).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Mid-20th century:\u003C\u002Fstrong> With the rise of industrial automation, \"robot\"shifted to mean mechanical machines that replace human labor.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Today:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \"Robot\"covers a wide range of entities from factory arms and humanoid androids to software bots and AI-driven systems.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Fol> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"fun-facts\"> \u003Ch2>Fun Facts\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>In \u003Cem>R.U.R.\u003C\u002Fem>, the robots eventually rebel against their human creators an early and influential instance of the \"robot uprising\"trope in science fiction.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Because \u003Cem>robota\u003C\u002Fem> literally means \"drudgery\"or \"forced labor,\"the original sense of the word carried connotations of oppression and lack of freedom quite different from many modern high-tech associations.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Related words in Slavic languages preserve the older meaning:for example, Russian \u003Cem>работа\u003C\u002Fem> (\u003Cem>rabota\u003C\u002Fem>) means \"work\"or \"job.\"\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003C\u002Fsection>\u003C\u002Farticle>","The word robot comes from the Czech noun robota, meaning “forced labor,” “drudgery,” or “serf labor.”","robot","Robot",{"content":2032,"en_meta_desc":2033,"id":2034,"img":2035,"word":2036},"\u003Ch2>Origin in the Caribbean\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \"barbecue\"originates from the Caribbean, specifically from the term used by the Taíno and Arawak peoples. It derives from the Arawakan word \"barbakoa\"or the Taíno word \"barabicu,\"which described a raised wooden framework or structure used for roasting or curing meat over a fire. This cooking method involved placing meat on a gridiron or rack elevated above flames for slow cooking.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Adoption by Spanish Explorers\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Spanish explorers encountered this technique during their journeys in the Caribbean and adopted the word into Spanish as \"barbacoa.\"The term was in use by Spanish settlers and appeared in Spanish dictionaries as early as 1526. The concept and word were then introduced to English in the late 17th century. Early English use referred to the framework for grilling meat or fish.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Evolution in Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The sense of \"barbecue\"as an outdoor feast or social entertainment involving roasted meat dates from the 18th century, and by the early 20th century, the term evolved to refer also to the grill or cooking apparatus itself. The popular abbreviation \"BBQ\"came into American English usage by the mid-20th century.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Cultural Influences\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word also has related terms such as \"boucanier\"(French for pirate or meat curer) linked to the French \"boucan,\"a native grill used in the Caribbean, showing how the word traveled through different cultures and languages.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Summary\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Overall, barbecue has deep historical roots in the indigenous cultures of the Caribbean and their cooking practices, and its word reflects a rich cultural exchange through Spanish and English adoption.\u003C\u002Fp>","The word \"barbecue\"originates from the Caribbean, specifically from the term used by the Taíno and Arawak peoples. It derives from the Arawakan word \"barbakoa\"or the Taíno word \"barabicu,\"which described a raised wooden framework or structure used for roasting or curing meat over a fire.","barbecue","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fbarbecue.webp","Barbecue",{"content":2038,"en_meta_desc":2039,"id":2040,"img":2041,"word":2042},"\u003Cp>The word “boycott” means to refuse to buy, use, or participate in something as a way to express protest, usually to bring about change by inflicting economic loss or showing moral disapproval. It is most commonly used as a nonviolent method of protest against products, companies, governments or organizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>History of Boycot\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The history of the word comes from Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English land agent in Ireland in the late 19th century. During the Irish Land War in 1880, Irish tenant farmers, encouraged by nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and the Irish Land League, collectively refused to have any dealings with Boycott because he was enforcing high rents and evictions. This organized ostracism against him became known as a “boycott,” and the term was coined based on his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since then, “boycott” has been widely adopted as a term for collective non-violent resistance used to protest unfair practices or policies.\u003C\u002Fp>","The word “boycott” means to refuse to buy, use, or participate in something as a way to express protest, usually to bring about change by inflicting economic loss or showing moral disapproval.","boycott","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fboycott.webp","Boycott",{"content":2044,"en_meta_desc":2045,"id":2046,"img":2047,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"related-words":47,"word":2048},"\u003Cp>The word “soccer” actually comes from Britain, even though today it’s more common in places like the United States, Canada, and Australia. Here’s the breakdown of its meaning and history:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Soccer is simply another name for association football (what most of the world calls “football”).\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>It’s the world’s most popular sport, played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball, where the aim is to score goals by getting the ball into the opposing team’s net.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>History of the Soccer Word\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Ch3>Origins in England (late 1800s)\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cul> \u003Cli> \u003Cp>In 1863, the \u003Cstrong>Football Association\u003C\u002Fstrong> was formed in England to standardize the rules of the game, which became known as \u003Cstrong>association football\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cp>At the same time, other forms of “football” (like \u003Cstrong>rugby football\u003C\u002Fstrong>) existed.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cp>To distinguish them, students at Oxford University began using slang forms:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli> \u003Cp>“\u003Cstrong>Association football\u003C\u002Fstrong>” → shortened to \u003Cstrong>assoc.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cp>Then with Oxford slang (“-er” endings were trendy, like “rugger” for rugby), it became \u003Cstrong>soccer\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch3>Early Usage\u003C\u002Fh3>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>By the 1880s–1890s, “soccer” was a normal British word for the game, used alongside “football.”\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Newspapers and players in the UK used both terms interchangeably for decades.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>","Soccer is simply another name for association football (what most of the world calls “football”).","soccer","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fsoccer.webp","Soccer",{"content":2050,"en_meta_desc":2051,"id":2052,"img":47,"related-words":47,"word":2053},"\u003Cp>The word “Sumud” (صُمود) is an Arabic term that literally means steadfastness, perseverance, or resilience. It carries a strong cultural and political connotation, especially in Palestinian history. In that context, sumud refers to the determination to remain on one’s land and preserve one’s identity despite \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fadversity\">adversity\u003C\u002Fa>, occupation, or hardship.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It’s often used to describe moral and physical resilience, not just passive endurance but an active commitment to persist and resist challenges.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Historical Origin\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>The word itself comes from Arabic, meaning steadfastness, firmness, or resilience.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Historically, it became widely used after the 1948 Nakba, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes. Those who remained on their land despite military occupation, pressure, and hardship embodied the spirit of Sumud.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>Cultural and Social Significance\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Sumud\u003C\u002Fstrong> is more than just survival it’s an active form of resistance.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>It manifests in everyday life:staying in one’s village, farming the land, maintaining cultural traditions, teaching children the heritage, and building communities despite adversity.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>It symbolizes dignity, resilience, and identity in the face of occupation, discrimination, or displacement.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Political Dimension\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>In the Palestinian national struggle, \u003Cstrong>Sumud\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a strategy of resistance that doesn’t rely on armed conflict.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>For example, families rebuilding homes after demolition, or continuing to farm disputed land, are seen as practicing Sumud.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>It’s a way of saying:\u003Cq>We will not give up our land, culture, or identity, even under extreme pressure.\u003C\u002Fq>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Modern Usage\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Today, \u003Cstrong>Sumud\u003C\u002Fstrong> is used both as a personal value and a symbol of national resilience.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>It appears in literature, speeches, art, and activism as a way of honoring those who remain steadfast.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Summary\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>In short, \u003Cstrong>Sumud\u003C\u002Fstrong> is the power to endure, resist, and stay rooted, even when everything around you tries to uproot you.\u003C\u002Fp>","The word “Sumud” (صُمود) is an Arabic term that literally means steadfastness, perseverance, or resilience. It carries a strong cultural and political connotation, especially in Palestinian history.","sumud","Sumud",{"content":2055,"en_meta_desc":2056,"id":2057,"img":2058,"img_height":348,"img_width":41,"word":2059},"\u003Cp>The word “sabotage” means to deliberately damage, destroy, or obstruct something, especially to weaken an organization, system, or plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Origin\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>It comes from the French word sabot, meaning “wooden shoe.” The term originally referred to workers throwing their wooden shoes into machines to stop them a symbolic act of protest or destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The word “sabotage” comes from French:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>sabot = wooden shoe or clog\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>-age = a suffix forming nouns that mean “action” or “result”\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>So literally, sabotage meant “the action of using clogs (sabots).”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Historical Background\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In the late 19th century (around 1890s) during the Industrial Revolution in France, factory workers began protesting poor conditions and unfair treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One story possibly exaggerated but symbolic says that angry workers threw their wooden shoes (sabots) into the factory machines to break or jam them, stopping production.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This act became a symbol of workers deliberately damaging machinery as a form of protest. French newspapers and labor unions began using sabotage to describe intentional damage or obstruction, especially for political or social reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Modern Usage\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>By the early 20th century, “sabotage” had spread into English and other languages. During World War I and II, it became a common term for covert acts to damage the enemy’s equipment, transportation, or communication systems.\u003C\u002Fp>","The word “sabotage” means to deliberately damage, destroy, or obstruct something, especially to weaken an organization, system, or plan.","sabotage","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fsabotage.png","Sabotage",{"content":2061,"en_meta_desc":2062,"id":2063,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"word":2064},"\u003Cp class=\"badge\">Monarchy is a form of government\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp class=\"lead\">A \u003Cstrong>monarchy\u003C\u002Fstrong> is a system of government in which a single person the \u003Cem>monarch\u003C\u002Fem> is the head of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002F>, usually for life and often by hereditary succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cimg src=\"\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fmonarchy.png\"width=\"700\"height=\"1050\"alt=\"Monarchy\">\u003Csection>\u003Ch2>Etymology\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>From Greek \u003Cem>monarkhía\u003C\u002Fem> (μοναρχία):\u003Cem>monos\u003C\u002Fem> meaning \"single\"and \u003Cem>arkhein\u003C\u002Fem> meaning \"to rule\"literally, \"rule by one person.\"The term entered Latin as \u003Cem>monarchia\u003C\u002Fem> and later Middle English by the 14th century.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Historical development\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Ch3>Ancient monarchies\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Egypt:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Pharaohs often regarded as divine or semi-divine rulers.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Mesopotamia:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Kings claimed authority granted by the gods.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>China:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Emperors ruled under the \"Mandate of Heaven\"concept.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch3>Classical & Medieval\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>Classical civilizations experimented with republics and city-state \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fgovernance\">governance\u003C\u002Fa>. In medieval Europe, monarchs ruled within the feudal system, granting land to nobles in exchange for military and political support.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch3>Early modern period\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>The idea of \u003Cem>divine right\u003C\u002Fem> helped justify centralized, absolute authority (e.g., Louis XIV). But the 17th–18th centuries saw growing challenges from constitutionalism and revolutionary movements (England, America, France).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch3>Modern era\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>Today most surviving monarchies are \u003Cem>constitutional\u003C\u002Fem> the monarch is a symbolic head of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002Fa> while elected institutions hold political power. A few remain \u003Cem>absolute\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Types of monarchy\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Absolute monarchy:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Monarch has nearly unrestricted power (e.g., Saudi Arabia).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Constitutional monarchy:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Monarch's role is largely ceremonial (e.g., United Kingdom, Japan).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Elective monarchy:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Monarch is selected rather than strictly hereditary (historical:Holy Roman Empire; modern example:Malaysia's rotational monarchy).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Advantages & disadvantages\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;flex-wrap:wrap\"> \u003Cdiv style=\"flex:1;min-width:220px\"> \u003Ch3>Advantages\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Continuity and stability of leadership\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Symbolic national unity\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Long-term perspective in ceremonial roles\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv style=\"flex:1;min-width:220px\"> \u003Ch3>Disadvantages\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Lack of democratic selection in absolute systems\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Potential for abuse of power\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Leadership by inheritance rather than merit\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Notable historical monarchies & figures\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr>\u003Cth>Region\u003C\u002Fth>\u003Cth>Examples\u003C\u002Fth>\u003Cth>Notable figures\u003C\u002Fth>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Egypt\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Ancient Pharaohs\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Ramses II, Cleopatra VII\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>China\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Imperial Dynasties\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Qin Shi Huang, Kangxi\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Europe\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>British, French, Russian\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Henry VIII, Louis XIV, Catherine the Great\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Ottoman\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Ottoman Empire\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Suleiman the Magnificent\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Japan\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Imperial Japan\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Emperor Meiji, Emperor Hirohito\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>In one sentence\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>\"A monarchy is a system of government where a single ruler often hereditary serves as head of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002Fa>; in modern constitutional monarchies that role is largely ceremonial.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003C\u002Fsection>","A monarchy is a system of government in which a single person the monarch is the head of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fwords\u002Fstate\">state\u003C\u002Fa>, usually for life and often by hereditary succession.","monarchy","Monarchy",{"content":2066,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2067,"img":2068,"img_height":2069,"img_width":2070,"word":2071},"\u003Csection id=\"origin\"> \u003Csection id=\"battle\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>The Battle of Marathon (490 BCE)\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp class=\"muted\">Context\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>In 490 BCE, during the first Persian invasion of Greece, forces from the Persian Empire landed on the plain of Marathon. The Athenian army, commanded by \u003Cstrong>Miltiades\u003C\u002Fstrong>, engaged the Persians in a decisive encounter. Although significantly outnumbered, the Greek hoplites used tactics that led to a decisive victory for Athens.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3 style=\"margin-bottom:6px\">Why it mattered\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>The victory boosted Greek confidence and helped preserve Greek political independence at a pivotal moment.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>It is often seen as the start of a series of events that led to the flourishing of classical Greek culture, especially in Athens.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3 style=\"margin-top:10px\">Key facts\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Ctable aria-describedby=\"battle-facts\"> \u003Cthead>\u003Ctr>\u003Cth>Fact\u003C\u002Fth>\u003Cth>Detail\u003C\u002Fth>\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Date\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>490 BCE\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Location\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Plain of Marathon, Attica (≈40 km northeast of Athens)\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Athenian commander\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Miltiades\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr>\u003Ctd>Significance\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003Ctd>Decisive Greek victory over Persian forces\u003C\u002Ftd>\u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"pheiddipides\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>The Legend of Pheidippides\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The popular story tells of \u003Cstrong>Pheidippides\u003C\u002Fstrong> (sometimes called Philippides), a messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens roughly 40 kilometers \u002F 25 miles to announce the Athenians' victory. According to later accounts, he arrived, proclaimed \u003Cem>\"Nenikēkamen\"\u003C\u002Fem> (\"We have won\"), and collapsed and died from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp class=\"muted\">Source notes:Early sources vary. \u003Cem>Herodotus\u003C\u002Fem> mentions a long run from Athens to Sparta before the battle (about 240 km) but does not record the death-run. The dramatic Marathon→Athens death-run appears in later writers and grew into the modern myth that inspired the Olympic race.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"modern\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>From Legend to Modern Race\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The modern marathon race was introduced at the \u003Cstrong>first modern Olympic Games (Athens, 1896)\u003C\u002Fstrong> to honor the ancient Greek legend. The early distance was about 40 km, reflecting the approximate distance between Marathon and Athens.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>At the \u003Cstrong>1908 London Olympics\u003C\u002Fstrong>, the race distance was set to \u003Cstrong>26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km)\u003C\u002Fstrong> to accommodate the British royal family's wishes a start at Windsor Castle and a finish in front of the Royal Box. That distance later became the standardized length still used today.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Notable early winner\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Spyridon Louis\u003C\u002Fstrong>, a Greek water-carrier, won the marathon at the 1896 Athens Olympics and became a national hero.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"meaning\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>Cultural Meaning & Modern Usage\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Beyond athletics, \u003Cstrong>\"marathon\"\u003C\u002Fstrong> has entered general language to describe any long, sustained effort that requires endurance e.g., a \"movie marathon\",a \"study marathon\",or a lengthy political debate referred to as a \"marathon session.\"\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"timeline\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>Concise Timeline\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cdiv class=\"timeline\"> \u003Cdiv class=\"event\">\u003Cdiv class=\"date\">Prehistory \u002F Classical era\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"desc\">Marathon exists as a place name in Attica long before the battle.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"event\">\u003Cdiv class=\"date\">490 BCE\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"desc\">Battle of Marathon Athenian victory under Miltiades against Persian forces.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"event\">\u003Cdiv class=\"date\">Classical to Hellenistic periods\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"desc\">Story of the battle preserved in Greek historical tradition.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"event\">\u003Cdiv class=\"date\">19th century (1896)\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"desc\">Modern Olympic marathon established in Athens; Spyridon Louis wins.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003Cdiv class=\"event\">\u003Cdiv class=\"date\">1908\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Cdiv class=\"desc\">Marathon distance standardized to 42.195 km at London Olympics.\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fdiv> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection id=\"further\"style=\"margin-top:14px\"> \u003Ch2>Further Notes & Sources\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp class=\"muted\">(Short guidance) For academic or citation work, consult primary ancient sources such as \u003Cstrong>Herodotus\u003C\u002Fstrong> and later historians like \u003Cstrong>Plutarch\u003C\u002Fstrong> and Lucian. For modern Olympic history consult official Olympic reports and histories of the modern Games.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection>\u003Ch3>Quick facts\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Place\u003C\u002Fstrong>:Marathon, Attica (Greece)\u003Cbr> \u003Cstrong>Ancient event\u003C\u002Fstrong>:Battle of Marathon (490 BCE)\u003Cbr> \u003Cstrong>Legendary run\u003C\u002Fstrong>:Pheidippides (~40 km) later mythologized\u003Cbr> \u003Cstrong>Modern distance\u003C\u002Fstrong>:42.195 km (official since 1908)\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Map & location\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp class=\"muted\">Marathon is roughly 40 km (≈25 miles) northeast of Athens. You can view it on your preferred map application using the coordinates:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cpre>Lat:38.1500°, Lon:24.0000°\u003C\u002Fpre> \u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fmaps\u002Fsearch\u002F?api=1&query=38.15,24.00\"target=\"_blank\">Open in Google Maps\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3 style=\"margin-top:12px\">Fun cultural notes\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\"Marathon\"as a metaphor for endurance is used worldwide.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>There are thousands of organized marathons globally, from city marathons to trail ultras.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003C\u002Fsection>","marathon","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fmarathon.webp","400","600","Marathon",{"content":2073,"en_meta_desc":2074,"id":2075,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"word":2076},"\u003Csection id=\"origin\"style=\"margin-top:12px\"> \u003Ch2>Origin\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word comes from \u003Cem>Middle English\u003C\u002Fem> \u003Cstrong>overmorwen\u003C\u002Fstrong>, combining \u003Cem>over\u003C\u002Fem> (after) + \u003Cem>morrow\u003C\u002Fem> (morning, or day). It was more commonly used in earlier centuries (Middle English and Early Modern English) but gradually fell out of everyday use.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"usage\"style=\"margin-top:12px\"> \u003Ch2>Usage & Notes\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Modern equivalent:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \"the day after tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Register:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Archaic acceptable in poetic, historical, or stylistic contexts but not common in everyday speech.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Related words:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cem>morrow\u003C\u002Fem> (day), \u003Cem>tomorrow\u003C\u002Fem> (the next day).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"example\"style=\"margin-top:12px\"> \u003Ch2>Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>\u003Cem>Today is Monday; tomorrow is Tuesday; overmorrow will be Wednesday.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>\u003Cem>Formally:\u003C\u002Fem> \"We shall depart overmorrow at dawn.\"(archaic\u002Fstylistic)\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection id=\"why\"style=\"margin-top:12px\"> \u003Ch2>Why it fell out of use\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Language simplifies and preferences shift rather than adopting \u003Cem>overmorrow\u003C\u002Fem>, speakers preferred the clearer phrase \"the day after tomorrow,\"which is unambiguous and widely understood across dialects.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>","The word comes from Middle English overmorwen, combining over (after) + morrow (morning, or day). It was more commonly used in earlier centuries (Middle English and Early Modern English) but gradually fell out of everyday use.","overmorrow","Overmorrow",{"content":2078,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2079,"img":2080,"img_height":2081,"img_width":2082,"word":2083},"\u003Cheader>\u003Ch2>The Daisy\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp class=\"subtitle\">The \"Day's Eye\"of the English Language\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fheader>\u003Carticle> \u003Csection> \u003Ch2>1. The Etymological Journey\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The word \"daisy\"is not a borrowed word from Latin or French; it is natively English, evolved from the Germanic roots of the language.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Old English (approx. 450–1150 AD):\u003C\u002Fstrong> The word began as \u003Cem>dæges ēage\u003C\u002Fem> (Day's Eye).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Middle English (approx. 1150–1500 AD):\u003C\u002Fstrong> As the language softened, the hard \"g\"sounds disappeared. It was spelled variously as \u003Cem>dayesye\u003C\u002Fem> or \u003Cem>daisye\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Modern English:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Eventually, the two words fused completely into the single noun we use today:\u003Cstrong>Daisy\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>2. The Biological Phenomenon:Nyctinasty\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The metaphor of the \"Day's Eye\"was not just poetic imagination; it was an observation of scientific fact known as \u003Cstrong>Nyctinasty\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The \"Blinking\"Motion:\u003C\u002Fstrong> As the sun sets, the white petals fold inward, covering the yellow center like a closed eye.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The \"Waking\"Motion:\u003C\u002Fstrong> When the sun rises, the petals unfold to expose the yellow center again. To the Anglo-Saxons, the yellow center resembled the sun, and the white petals were the rays effectively the \"eye\"that watches the day.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003Csection> \u003Ch2>3. \"Fresh as a Daisy\"\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>This idiom refers to the specific moment at dawn. A daisy that has been \"sleeping\"(closed up) all night opens its petals in the morning looking pristine and unweathered. To be \"fresh as a daisy\"literally means you look as if you have just woken up from a restful sleep.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fsection>\u003Csection> \u003Ch2>Summary\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr> \u003Cth>Aspect\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>Detail\u003C\u002Fth> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Original Spelling\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Dæges ēage (Old English)\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Literal Meaning\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Day's Eye\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Scientific Name\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Bellis perennis\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Biological Act\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Nyctinasty (Sleep movement)\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003C\u002Fsection> \u003C\u002Farticle>","daisy","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fdaisy.webp",764,1800,"Daisy",{"content":2085,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2086,"img":47,"related-words":47,"word":2087},"\u003Cstyle>.highlight{ background-color:#fff3cd; padding:2px 5px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold} .etymology-box{ background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #d3d3d3; margin:20px 0} .fact-card{ border:1px solid #ddd; padding:15px; border-radius:5px; margin-top:10px; background-color:#f9f9f9}\u003C\u002Fstyle>\u003Cp id=\"quick-answer\">Blaming the air, not the bugs.Before we knew about mosquitoes and germs, people believed that diseases came from smelling foul odors or swamps. In medieval Italy, people thought the sickness was caused by the \"bad air\"coming off the marshlands. In Italian, mal means \"bad\"and aria means \"air.\"So they named the disease \"Bad Air.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Malaria is one of the oldest and deadliest diseases in human history. While we now know it is caused by a parasite, the story of how we discovered its true nature is a fascinating journey through linguistics, ancient warfare, and scientific breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Etymology:\"Bad Air\"\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cdiv class=\"etymology-box\">\u003Cp>The word comes from the Medieval Italian \u003Cstrong>\"mal'aria\"\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Mal:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Bad\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Aria:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Air\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Before the discovery of germs, people believed the \"miasma\"(foul-smelling vapors) from swamps caused the disease.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Ch2>The Ancient \"Roman Fever\"\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Malaria was so prevalent in Ancient Rome that it is often called the \u003Cstrong>\"Roman Fever.\"\u003C\u002Fstrong> It played a major role in history:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Invading armies like the Goths and Vandals were often defeated not by Roman soldiers, but by the malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the \u003Cem>Pontine Marshes\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The Romans worshipped a goddess named \u003Cstrong>Febris\u003C\u002Fstrong> (Fever), building temples to her in hopes of protection.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>\u003Ch2>The Scientific Turning Point\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>It took until the late 19th century to realize the \"bad air\"was a coincidence. The marshes weren't the cause; they were simply the breeding grounds for the true culprits.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cdiv class=\"fact-card\"> \u003Cstrong>1880:\u003C\u002Fstrong> French doctor \u003Cstrong>Alphonse Laveran\u003C\u002Fstrong> first observed parasites in the blood of a patient. \u003Cbr> \u003Cstrong>1897:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>Sir Ronald Ross\u003C\u002Fstrong> proved that mosquitoes were the vectors that transported the parasite. \u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003Ch2>The Biological Story\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite called \u003Cstrong>Plasmodium\u003C\u002Fstrong>. It follows a deadly relay race:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Col> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The Bite:\u003C\u002Fstrong> An infected female \u003Cem>Anopheles\u003C\u002Fem> mosquito injects the parasite.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The Liver:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Parasites multiply silently in the human liver for about a week.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>The Blood:\u003C\u002Fstrong> They burst into the bloodstream, invading red blood cells and causing the signature cycles of chills and high fever.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Fol>\u003Ch2>The Gin & Tonic Connection\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>One of the world's most famous cocktails exists because of malaria. In the 1800s, \u003Cstrong>quinine\u003C\u002Fstrong> (from the Cinchona tree) was the only treatment. Because it was incredibly bitter, British officers mixed it with sugar, lime, and \u003Cstrong>gin\u003C\u002Fstrong> to make it palatable. Every time you drink a Gin and Tonic, you are drinking a historical \"anti-malaria\"potion!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr>\u003Cstrong>Source\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC126857\u002F\">Evolutionary and Historical Aspects of the Burden of Malaria - PMC\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC8277918\u002F\">Malaria in Europe:A Historical Perspective - PMC\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bibalex.org\u002Fsupercourse\u002Flecture\u002Flec38991\u002F014.htm\">Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Malaria History\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scienceholic.org\u002Fpost\u002Fthe-hidden-warfare-malaria-s-role-in-shaping-military-history\">Malaria's Role in Shaping Military History - ScienceHolic\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.actuarial.news\u002F2021\u002F10\u002F18\u002Fhow-malaria-brought-down-great-empires\u002F\">How Malaria Brought Down Great Empires - Actuarial News\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Foxfordre.com\u002Fclassics\u002Fdisplay\u002F10.1093\u002Facrefore\u002F9780199381135.001.0001\u002Facrefore-9780199381135-e-2651?d=%2F10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199381135.001.0001%2Facrefore-9780199381135-e-2651&p=emailAEnKbiZZq0MN.\">Febris | Oxford Classical Dictionary\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nobelprize.org\u002Fprizes\u002Fmedicine\u002F1902\u002Fross\u002Ffacts\u002F#:~:text=Ronald%20Ross%20had%20mosquitos%20suck,in%20the%20stomach%20of%20a\">Ronald Ross – Facts - NobelPrize.org\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cdc.gov\u002Fmalaria\u002Findex.html#:~:text=Malaria%20Topics,20%2C%202024\">Malaria - CDC\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fbooks\u002FNBK215619\u002F#:~:text=Assuming%20she%20lives%20long%20enough,a%20new%20human%20host%2C%20thus\">The Parasite, the Mosquito, and the Disease - NCBI\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pnas.org\u002Fdoi\u002F10.1073\u002Fpnas.1620843114#:~:text=Plasmodium%20falciparum%20erythrocyte%2Dbinding%20antigen,cell%20that%20facilitates%20invasion%20%7C%20PNAS\">Plasmodium falciparum study - PNAS\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fbooks\u002FNBK5951\u002Ffigure\u002Fmalaria_LifeCycle\u002F#:~:text=and%20release%20sporozoites-,%2C,perpetuates%20the%20malaria%20life%20cycle.\">Malaria Parasite Life Cycle - NCBI Bookshelf\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mcgill.ca\u002Foss\u002Farticle\u002Fdid-you-know\u002Fmalaria-reason-behind-gin-and-tonic#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%20that%20malaria,Science%20and%20Society%20%2D%20McGill%20University\">Malaria and Gin and Tonic - McGill University\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Farticles\u002FPMC9714995\u002F\">History of Gin and Tonic - NIH\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fteams\u002Fglobal-malaria-programme\u002Freports\u002Fworld-malaria-report-2025\">World Malaria Report 2025 - WHO\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>","malaria","Malaria",{"content":47,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2089,"img":2090,"img_height":398,"img_width":2091,"related-words":47,"word":2092},"cittaslow","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fcittaslow.webp",1408,"Cittaslow",{"content":2094,"en_meta_desc":2095,"id":2096,"img":47,"related-words":2097,"word":2098},"\u003Cp>The name Balkan comes directly from Ottoman Turkish, translating literally to \"a chain of wooded mountains\"or \"pass through rough, forested mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Originally, the word wasn't meant to describe the entire Southeastern European peninsula. Instead, it was the specific name given by the Ottomans to a single, major mountain range stretching across Bulgaria known locally in Slavic languages as \u003Ci>Stara Planina\u003C\u002Fi> (literally \"Old Mountain\").\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Linguistic Breakdown\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In older Turkish dialects, the word splits into functional roots:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Bal:\u003C\u002Fb> Can refer to mud, clay, or a thick, dense substance (or conceptually, a high ridge).\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cb>Kan:\u003C\u002Fb> An old suffix used to denote a mountainous place, forest, or rocky pass.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>When the Ottoman Empire expanded into Southeastern Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries, these rugged, densely forested peaks were a massive geographic feature to navigate, and the descriptive name stuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>How It Spread to the Whole Peninsula\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>For centuries, locals and neighboring empires didn't call the region \"the Balkans.\"The ancient Greeks called it the \u003Cb>Peninsula of Haemus\u003C\u002Fb> (also named after the same mountain range, via a Thracian myth).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The shift to the modern name happened in two major steps:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>The Mapmaker's Mix-up (1808):A German geographer named Johann August Zeune was looking at maps of the region. He mistakenly believed that the Balkan Mountain range stretched continuously all the way from the Black Sea across to the Adriatic Alps, completely sealing off the southern peninsula like a giant wall.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Coining the Term:Because of this geographical misconception, Zeune suggested naming the entire landmass the Balkanhalbinsel (Balkan Peninsula).\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>While geographers later realized the mountains didn't actually span the entire continent, the name was already widely adopted in European literature, travelogues, and political discourse by the late 19th century.\u003C\u002Fp>","The name Balkan comes directly from Ottoman Turkish, translating literally to \"a chain of wooded mountains\"or \"pass through rough, forested mountains.\"","balkan",[2064],"Balkan",{"content":2100,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2101,"img":2102,"img_height":2103,"img_width":2103,"related-words":47,"word":2104},"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>The Story:\u003C\u002Fb> In the mid-1700s, Étienne de Silhouette was the French Minister of Finance. France was in severe debt due to the Seven Years' War, so Étienne imposed incredibly harsh, penny-pinching economic cuts on the French people, particularly the wealthy. Around this same time, a new art trend became popular:cutting cheap profiles out of black paper instead of paying for expensive oil paintings.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cb>The Evolution:\u003C\u002Fb> Because Étienne de Silhouette was so notoriously cheap, the French public mockingly used his last name to describe anything made cheaply or on a tight budget including these inexpensive paper shadow-portraits.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The story behind Silhouette is actually a masterclass in 18th-century political trolling. It all comes down to a French politician, a massive economic crisis, and a public that loved to mock the government.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Man:Étienne de Silhouette\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In 1759, France was in severe financial trouble. The country was fighting the Seven Years' War, the treasury was completely empty, and the government was on the verge of bankruptcy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>King Louis XV appointed a man named Étienne de Silhouette as the Controller-General of Finances (basically the Treasury Minister) to fix the mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Strategy:Absolute Cheapness\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Silhouette’s solution to the crisis wasn't to print more money; it was to cut spending to the bone. He slashed the pensions of government officials, taxed the wealthy heavily, and reduced the royal household's expenses. He publicly demanded that people stop buying luxury goods and start living lives of extreme, rigid economy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because of his aggressive penny-pinching, Silhouette quickly became the most hated man in France.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Trolling:\"À la Silhouette\"\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The French public, particularly the upper class, reacted with sarcasm. They began using his last name as a slang word for anything that was incredibly cheap, skimpy, or low-quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>If a man wore a coat without pockets to save money on fabric, it was a silhouette coat.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\u003Cp>Around this same time, a new art craze swept Paris. Before photography, if you wanted a picture of yourself, you had to pay an artist a fortune to paint a realistic oil portrait. But a cheap alternative emerged:an artist would trace the shadow of your profile onto black paper, cut it out, and paste it onto a white background. It took only a few minutes and cost next to nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because these shadow portraits were the cheapest possible way to get a likeness made, the mocking public labeled them \"portraits à la Silhouette\"portraits made on a Silhouette budget.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>The Last Laugh\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Étienne de Silhouette only lasted eight months in office before the backlash forced him to resign, but his name lived on forever. Eventually, people dropped the \"portrait\"part and just called the black shadow-cutouts silhouettes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>By the 19th century, the word entered the English language, losing its original insult meaning and becoming the standard term for any dark outline seen against a light background.\u003C\u002Fp>","silhouette","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fsilhouette.webp",1265,"Silhouette",{"content":2106,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2107,"img":2108,"img_height":2109,"img_width":2109,"related-words":47,"word":2110},"\u003Carticle> \u003Ch2>Where Does the Word “State” Come From?\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp> The English word \u003Cstrong>state\u003C\u002Fstrong> ultimately comes from the Latin word \u003Cem>status\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “condition,” “position,” or “way of standing.” It derives from the Latin verb \u003Cem>stare\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “to stand.” \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>State Word Journey\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli> \u003Cstrong>Latin:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cem>status\u003C\u002Fem> meant a person’s or thing’s condition, position, rank, or situation. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cstrong>Old French:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cem>estat\u003C\u002Fem> meant position, condition, and social rank. It also gave English the word \u003Cem>estate\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cstrong>Middle English:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cem>stat\u003C\u002Fem> or \u003Cem>state\u003C\u002Fem> appeared around 1200, first meaning “condition” or “circumstances.” \u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli> \u003Cstrong>Modern political meaning:\u003C\u002Fstrong> By the 16th century, \u003Cem>state\u003C\u002Fem> came to mean the political organization or governing power of a country. \u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Why “Standing” Became “Country”\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp> The political meaning developed from Latin phrases such as \u003Cem>status rei publicae\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “the condition of the republic” or “the condition of public affairs.” Over time, the phrase shifted from describing how a country was governed to referring to the governing structure itself. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp> Niccolò Machiavelli’s use of the Italian word \u003Cem>lo stato\u003C\u002Fem> in the early 1500s helped spread this modern political meaning across Europe. \u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Related Words\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr> \u003Cth>Word\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>Original Core Idea\u003C\u002Fth> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>State\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Condition or political standing\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Status\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Social or legal position\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Estate\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Property, rank, or social standing\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Statue\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Something made to stand\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Ch3>In Short\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp> \u003Cstrong>State\u003C\u002Fstrong> literally began as “the way something stands.” It later evolved to mean “the condition of a country” and finally “the country’s governing power.” \u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Farticle>","state","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fstate-word-meaning.webp",831,"State",{"content":2112,"en_meta_desc":2113,"id":2114,"img":2115,"img_height":2116,"img_width":2117,"related-words":47,"word":2118},"\u003Ch2>Governance:Meaning and Origin\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Governance\u003C\u002Fstrong> means the way a group, organization, country, or system is directed, controlled, and held accountable. It covers who makes decisions, by what rules, how power is used, and how results are monitored.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Simple meaning\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>Governance is not only “government.” Government is usually the formal institution that runs a state; governance is the broader \u003Cstrong>process\u003C\u002Fstrong> of steering and managing affairs, whether in a country, company, school, sports club, online platform, or even a family.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>For example, a company’s governance includes its board of directors, shareholder rights, internal controls, ethics rules, and procedures for approving major decisions. That is commonly called \u003Cstrong>corporate governance\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Origin of the word\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>The word has a nautical origin:it comes from the Greek \u003Cem>kybernan\u003C\u002Fem> (or \u003Cem>kubernaein\u003C\u002Fem>), meaning \u003Cstrong>“to steer”\u003C\u002Fstrong> a ship. Latin adopted it as \u003Cem>gubernare\u003C\u002Fem>, also meaning “to steer” or “to govern.”\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>The path is roughly:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Greek:\u003Cem>kybernan\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “to steer”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Latin:\u003Cem>gubernare\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “to steer, direct, govern”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Old French:\u003Cem>governance\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning the action or manner of governing\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>English:\u003Cem>governance\u003C\u002Fem>, recorded in English by the 14th century\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>So the original image is of a pilot steering a ship:governance is about setting a direction, avoiding danger, and keeping the organization or society on course.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Why it became popular again\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>Although the word is old, its modern, broad use became widespread in the late 20th century, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Economists, political scientists, and international institutions such as the UN, IMF, and World Bank used it to describe how states, markets, businesses, and civil society share responsibility for managing public affairs.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>This shift reflected a move away from thinking only about top-down state control and toward transparency, accountability, participation, and coordination among many actors.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Core elements\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>Good governance usually involves:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Decision-making:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Who decides, and through what process?\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Rules and norms:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Laws, policies, standards, and ethical expectations.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Accountability:\u003C\u002Fstrong> People must explain and answer for their decisions.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Transparency:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Decisions and information should be visible where appropriate.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Oversight:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Monitoring performance, risks, and compliance.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Participation:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Giving relevant stakeholders a voice.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Examples\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr> \u003Cth>Context\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>What governance means\u003C\u002Fth> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Country\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>How laws are made, public resources are managed, elections work, and officials are accountable.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Company\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>How the board, executives, shareholders, and auditors oversee strategy, risk, and ethics.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Technology and AI\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Rules for data privacy, model safety, human oversight, security, and responsible use.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Internet platform\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Policies on moderation, user rights, content rules, and appeals.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Cp>In short:\u003Cstrong>governance is “steering with rules and responsibility.”\u003C\u002Fstrong> Its root meaning, steering a ship, still explains the modern idea very well.\u003C\u002Fp>","Governance means the way a group, organization, country, or system is directed, controlled, and held accountable.","governance","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fwords\u002Fgovernance.webp",832,1248,"Governance",{"content":2120,"en_meta_desc":2121,"id":2122,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"related-words":47,"word":2123},"\u003Ch2>Paternal:Meaning and Origin\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Paternal\u003C\u002Fstrong> is an adjective that means \u003Cstrong>related to a father\u003C\u002Fstrong>, \u003Cstrong>father-like\u003C\u002Fstrong>, or \u003Cstrong>connected with the father’s side of the family\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Its usual opposite is \u003Cstrong>maternal\u003C\u002Fstrong>, which means related to a mother.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Simple meaning\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>When someone is described as paternal, they show the care, protection, guidance, or authority often associated with a father. It does not always mean the person is literally a father; a teacher, coach, uncle, or older friend can also have a paternal attitude.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>For example, \u003Cem>“He gave the new employees paternal advice”\u003C\u002Fem> means he advised them in a caring, protective, fatherly way.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch3>Main meanings\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Fatherly:\u003C\u002Fstrong> showing kindness, protection, or guidance like a father. Example:\u003Cem>paternal love\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Related to a father:\u003C\u002Fstrong> connected with fatherhood or a father’s role. Example:\u003Cem>paternal responsibilities\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>From the father’s side:\u003C\u002Fstrong> describing relatives or inheritance connected to one’s father. Example:\u003Cem>paternal grandfather\u003C\u002Fem>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Pronunciation and grammar\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Paternal\u003C\u002Fstrong> is pronounced \u002Fpəˈtɜːrnəl\u002F, roughly \u003Cstrong>“puh-TUR-nuhl.”\u003C\u002Fstrong> It is an adjective.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Adjective:\u003C\u002Fstrong> paternal\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Adverb:\u003C\u002Fstrong> paternally\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Comparative:\u003C\u002Fstrong> more paternal\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Superlative:\u003C\u002Fstrong> most paternal\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Opposite:\u003C\u002Fstrong> maternal\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Origin of the word\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cp>The word \u003Cstrong>paternal\u003C\u002Fstrong> comes from the Latin \u003Cem>paternus\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “of a father.” This comes from \u003Cem>pater\u003C\u002Fem>, the Latin word for \u003Cstrong>“father.”\u003C\u002Fstrong> English began using the word in the 15th century.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>The word path is roughly:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Latin:\u003Cem>pater\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “father”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Latin:\u003Cem>paternus\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “of a father”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Old French:\u003Cem>paternel\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “of a father”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>English:\u003Cem>paternal\u003C\u002Fem>, meaning “fatherly” or “related to a father”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch3>Examples\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr> \u003Cth>Example\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>Meaning\u003C\u002Fth> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal advice\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Advice given in a caring, fatherly way.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal love\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>The affection and care typical of a father.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal grandfather\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Your father’s father.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal aunt\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Your father’s sister.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal responsibilities\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Duties connected with being a father.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>Paternal instinct\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>A natural desire to protect and care for someone like a father would.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Ch3>Paternal vs. maternal\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Ctable> \u003Cthead> \u003Ctr> \u003Cth>Word\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>Meaning\u003C\u002Fth> \u003Cth>Example\u003C\u002Fth> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Fthead> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Paternal\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Related to the father or father-like\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>\u003Cem>Paternal grandmother\u003C\u002Fem> means your father’s mother.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Maternal\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>Related to the mother or mother-like\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003Ctd>\u003Cem>Maternal grandmother\u003C\u002Fem> means your mother’s mother.\u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Ch3>Related words\u003C\u002Fh3> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Paternity:\u003C\u002Fstrong> the state or fact of being a father; it can also refer to legal fatherhood.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Paternalism:\u003C\u002Fstrong> controlling or making decisions for other people while claiming it is for their own good.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Paternalistic:\u003C\u002Fstrong> behaving in a paternalistic way; often used negatively when someone treats adults as if they cannot decide for themselves.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Maternal:\u003C\u002Fstrong> the opposite of paternal; related to a mother or motherhood.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>In short:\u003Cstrong>paternal means “fatherly” or “related to the father’s side.”\u003C\u002Fstrong> It can describe a person’s attitude, family relationships, inheritance, or responsibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>","Paternal means related to a father, father-like, or connected with the father’s side of the family.","paternal","Paternal",[2125,2131,2137,2143,2147,2154,2158,2165,2171,2175,2182,2190],{"content":2126,"en_meta_desc":2127,"id":2128,"im_height":41,"img":2129,"img_width":41,"preverb":2130},"\u003Cp>\"A watched pot never boils\"conveys the idea that time seems to move more slowly when you are anxiously or impatiently waiting for something to happen. By constantly checking or focusing on a process, it can feel as though it's taking longer than it actually is.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>In a broader sense, it suggests that it's more productive to engage in other activities or divert your attention rather than obsessively waiting for a particular outcome. For example, if someone is waiting for a response to an important email, constantly checking their inbox won't make the reply come any faster. It might be better to focus on other tasks and check back later.\u003C\u002Fp>","A watched pot never boils:A proverb highlighting the feeling that time slows when anxiously awaiting an outcome.","a-watched-pot-never-boils","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fa-watched-pot-never-boils.jpeg","A Watched Pot Never Boils",{"content":2132,"en_meta_desc":2133,"id":2134,"img":2135,"img_height":2070,"img_width":41,"preverb":2136},"\u003Cp>The proverb \"every cloud has a silver lining\"is used to convey optimism and hope, suggesting that even difficult or bad situations have some positive or beneficial aspect. The \"silver lining\"refers to the bright edges around clouds that can often be seen even when the sky is otherwise gray and gloomy, hinting at the sun shining behind them.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cp>In essence, this proverb reminds us that even in the face of \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwords\u002Fadversity\">adversity\u003C\u002Fa> or challenging times, one can always find some positive element or potential for a brighter future. It encourages a perspective that looks for the good in the bad.\u003C\u002Fp>","Uncover the essence of 'every cloud has a silver lining' a proverb that champions hope and positivity in adversity. Embrace optimism's enduring glow.","every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fevery-cloud-has-a-silver-lining.jpeg","Every cloud has a silver lining",{"content":2138,"id":2139,"img":2140,"img_height":2141,"img_width":41,"preverb":2142},"\u003Cp> \"The pen is mightier than the sword\"is a well-known proverb that suggests that ideas, knowledge, and communication (represented by the pen) have a greater and more lasting impact than direct violence or military power (represented by the sword).\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In essence, it emphasizes the power of words and the influence of literature, education, and peaceful advocacy in shaping societies and bringing about change, compared to force or warfare. The saying underscores the importance of intellectual tools over physical force in achieving lasting outcomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Origins\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>While the sentiment has been expressed in various forms across different cultures and eras, the exact phrasing \"The pen is mightier than the sword\"is attributed to English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton. He coined it in his 1839 play, \"Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Interpretations\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Col>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Influence over Force:\u003C\u002Fstrong> The proverb suggests that ideas, when articulated well (through speech or writing), can have a more pervasive and lasting influence than direct confrontations or military interventions.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Endurance of Ideas:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Written ideas, philosophies, and stories can endure for centuries and shape societies, whereas military conquests can be transient.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Power of Education and Knowledge:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Knowledge and education, symbolized by the pen, empower individuals and societies to evolve and progress, often more effectively than coercion or force.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Fol>\u003Ch2>Modern Applications\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Col> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Media and Journalism:\u003C\u002Fstrong> In today's world, media and journalism are often viewed as significant forces that can influence public opinion and government actions, sometimes more effectively than direct interventions.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Non-Violent Movements:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi championed non-violent resistance and the power of words and ideas over physical confrontations.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Digital Age:\u003C\u002Fstrong> With the advent of the internet, the \"pen\"has taken on new forms, including blogs, social media, and digital publications. The rapid dissemination of ideas online underscores the power of words in shaping public discourse and influencing global events.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Fol>","the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fthe-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword.jpeg",534,"The pen is mightier than the sword.",{"content":2144,"id":2145,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"preverb":2146},"\u003Cp>\"The early bird catches the worm\"is a proverb that means people who start something early, or take action ahead of others, are more likely to succeed. It emphasizes the value of being proactive, prepared, and punctual.\u003C\u002Fp>","the-early-bird-catches-the-worm","The Early Bird Catches The Worm",{"content":2148,"id":2149,"img":2150,"img_height":2151,"img_width":2152,"preverb":2153},"\u003Cp>You can't judge a book by its cover conveys the idea that outward appearances can be misleading. Just as a book with a dull cover might contain a fascinating story, people, situations, or things may be different from how they initially seem.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cstrong>Related Proverbs\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordsfromlife.com\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fall-that-glitters-is-not-gold\">All that glitters is not gold.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>","you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fyou-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover.webp","512","896","You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover",{"content":2155,"id":2156,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"preverb":2157},"\u003Cp>Not everything that looks valuable or true turns out to be so. Just because something shines, looks attractive, or seems appealing on the surface doesn’t mean it’s truly good, honest, or valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>","all-that-glitters-is-not-gold","All That Glitters is Not Gold",{"content":2159,"id":2160,"img":2161,"img_height":2162,"img_width":2163,"preverb":2164},"\u003Cp>Take advantage of an opportunity immediately, while the conditions are most favorable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In short:\u003Cstrong>Timing\u003C\u002Fstrong> + \u003Cstrong>Action\u003C\u002Fstrong> = \u003Cstrong>Success\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It’s about acting fast, but not acting blindly. If the iron is hot but you don’t know where to strike, you can still ruin the work.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So, the proverb also implies:Prepare first, then move quickly when the moment arrives.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Origin\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Blacksmithing Roots\u003C\u002Fstrong>:In metalworking, an iron bar must be struck with a hammer while it’s glowing hot and malleable. Wait too long, and it cools, hardens, and becomes unshapable.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>This physical process became a metaphor for acting at the peak moment in life, business, and relationships.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>","strike-while-the-iron-is-hot","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fstrike-while-the-iron-is-hot.jpeg","575","1024","Strike While the Iron is Hot",{"content":2166,"id":2167,"img":2168,"img_height":2169,"img_width":2163,"preverb":2170},"\u003Cp>The results you get in life are directly related to the actions you take good or bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>🌱 Literal Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Sowing\u003C\u002Fstrong> = planting seeds in the ground.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Reaping\u003C\u002Fstrong> = harvesting the crops that grow.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>If you plant wheat, you’ll harvest wheat. If you plant nothing, you’ll harvest nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>💡Figurative Meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Your actions are like seeds. Whatever “seeds” you plant kindness, honesty, hard work or cruelty, laziness, dishonesty will eventually “grow” into results that match.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>🧠 Examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>If you study consistently, you get good grades. \u003Cbr> → You reap what you sow.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>If you treat people with respect, they are likely to respect you back. \u003Cbr> → You reap what you sow.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>If you cheat others, distrust will come back to you. \u003Cbr> → You reap what you sow.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>","you-reap-what-you-sow","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fyou-reap-what-you-sow.jpeg","571","You Reap What You Sow",{"content":2172,"id":2173,"img":47,"img_height":47,"img_width":47,"preverb":2174},"\u003Cp>If too many people are involved in managing or doing the same task, it can lead to confusion, mistakes, and poor results.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cul>\u003Cli>Broth (soup) here is a metaphor:if many different cooks all add ingredients or try to control the recipe, the soup won’t taste good.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>In real life, it suggests that when there are too many opinions, leaders, or decision-makers, the outcome often suffers.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>","too-many-cooks-spoil-the-broth","Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth",{"content":2176,"id":2177,"img":2178,"img_height":2179,"img_width":2180,"preverb":2181},"\u003Cp>“A bad workman quarrels with his tools” means that an unskilled or careless person tends to blame their equipment, resources, or external conditions for poor results instead of admitting their own lack of ability or effort. The proverb criticizes excuse‑making and highlights that skill, judgment, and responsibility matter more than the quality of the tools.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Literal picture\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>Imagine a carpenter who cuts a board crookedly and then complains that the saw is bad, the wood is faulty, or the light is poor. A truly skilled carpenter would either produce good work with those same tools or, if the tools are genuinely inadequate, adapt their method or choose better ones without making excuses.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Core meanings, in detail\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Col> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Blaming external factors instead of self\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr> The “bad workman” represents anyone who fails at a task and immediately points to tools, conditions, or other people as the cause. This avoids honest self‑assessment and blocks improvement.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Skill matters more than equipment\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr> The saying assumes that a competent person can achieve good results even with modest tools, while an incompetent person will fail even with excellent ones. So the real issue is not the tool but how it is used.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Attitude and responsibility\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr> A good worker takes responsibility for mistakes, learns from them, and adjusts technique. A bad worker “quarrels” (argues\u002Fcomplains) with the tools, showing defensiveness and unwillingness to improve.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Fol> \u003Ch2>Common variants\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>You’ll often hear:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>“A bad workman always blames his tools.”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>“A poor tradesman always blames his tools.”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>“An ill workman never had good tools.”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>All carry the same core idea:poor performers attribute failure to their instruments rather than their own skill.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Origin (brief)\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>The idea is very old. Similar proverbs appear:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>In a 13th‑century French saying:\u003Cem>“Mauvais ouvriers ne trouveront jamais bon outil”\u003C\u002Fem> (“Bad workers will never find a good tool”).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>In English proverb collections from the 16th century and later literary uses (e.g., Swift, D’Urfey).\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>Over time, the phrasing settled into the modern “A bad workman always blames his tools” and the variant “quarrels with his tools.”\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Everyday examples\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Work:\u003C\u002Fstrong> An employee submits a sloppy report and says, “The template is terrible,” instead of improving their writing or checking carefully.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Sports:\u003C\u002Fstrong> A player misses many shots and blames the shoes or the ball rather than practicing technique.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Creative work:\u003C\u002Fstrong> A photographer complains the camera is bad, but their photos show poor composition and lighting choices.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>In short, the proverb warns against shifting blame to tools or conditions and encourages owning your performance and working on your skill.\u003C\u002Fp>","a-bad-workman-quarrels-with-his-tools","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fa-bad-workman-quarrels-with-his-tools.webp","768","1408","A Bad Workman Quarrels with His Tools",{"content":2183,"en_meta_desc":2184,"id":2185,"img":2186,"img_height":2187,"img_width":2188,"preverb":2189},"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”\u003C\u002Fb> means that something you already have with certainty is often more valuable than something better that you might get but are not guaranteed to obtain. It advises people not to risk losing a sure benefit while chasing an uncertain opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cb>Example\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cp>You have a secure job, but you are considering quitting it for a different job that may offer a higher \u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwords\u002Fsalary\">salary\u003C\u002Fa>. The new job is not guaranteed, so someone might say:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cblockquote>“Keep your current job. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\u003Cp>In simple words:It is better to have one certain thing than to risk everything for the possibility of getting more.\u003C\u002Fp>","A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush:It is better to have one certain thing than to risk everything for the possibility of getting more.","a-bird-in-the-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Fa-bird-in-the-hand-is-worth-two-in-the-bush.webp","832","1248","A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush",{"content":2191,"en_meta_desc":47,"id":2192,"img":2193,"img_height":2187,"img_width":2188,"preverb":2194},"\u003Cp>“Fair words butter no parsnips” means that flattering or impressive words alone don’t achieve anything real; you need action, not just promises.\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Ch2>Core meaning\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>The proverb warns that \u003Cstrong>fine, soft, or fair speech\u003C\u002Fstrong> especially flattery or grand promises is \u003Cstrong>useless without concrete results\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>In practice, it’s used to say:\u003Cstrong>“What you do matters more than what you say.”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>Why “butter” and “parsnips”?\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Parsnips\u003C\u002Fstrong> were a common root vegetable in 17th‑century England and were typically \u003Cstrong>served with butter\u003C\u002Fstrong> to improve their taste.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>The image is:no matter how nicely you talk, \u003Cstrong>your words can’t physically put butter on the parsnips\u003C\u002Fstrong>; only real effort (buying\u002Fcooking\u002Fserving) can.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Over time the phrase “fossilized” with parsnips specifically, even though other vegetables could have been used.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Ch2>How it’s used\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cp>You might say it when someone:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>Makes \u003Cstrong>empty promises\u003C\u002Fstrong> (“I’ll definitely help tomorrow”) but never follows through.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>Tries to \u003Cstrong>flatter or talk their way out\u003C\u002Fstrong> of doing actual work.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful> \u003Cp>Example:\u003C\u002Fp> \u003Cblockquote> “You keep saying the report will be perfect, but fair words butter no parsnips send me the draft.” \u003C\u002Fblockquote> \u003Ch2>Related expressions\u003C\u002Fh2> \u003Cul> \u003Cli>“Actions speak louder than words.”\u003C\u002Fli> \u003Cli>“Fine words butter no parsnips” \u002F “Soft words butter no parsnips” are variants with the same meaning.\u003C\u002Fli> \u003C\u002Ful>","fair-words-butter-no-parsnips","\u002Fstatic\u002Fimg\u002Fpreverbs\u002Ffair-words-butter-no-parsnips.webp","Fair Words Butter No Parsnips",1792353376623]