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Allegory of Fortune, Salvator Rosa, 1685. " Fortune favours the bold " or " fortune favours the brave " are among the English translations of the Latin proverb " audentes Fortuna iuvat " and its variations. The phrase has been widely used as a slogan in the Western world to emphasize the rewards of courage and bravery, particularly within ...
Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. [3] Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific advancements in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation and classical conditioning ...
Aldous Huxley. Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ ˈɔːldəs / AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. [1][2][3][4] His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, [5][6] including non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems, Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College ...
Along with “Brave New World” — which Disney moved from May 3, 2024 to Valentine’s Day 2025 — tie-in toys for “The Marvels,” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “DC League of ...
Learn to labor and to wait. " A Psalm of Life " is a poem written by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, often subtitled "What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist". [1] Longfellow wrote the poem not long after the death of his first wife and while thinking about how to make the best of life.
3. Amfibiebataljonen (3rd Amphibious Battalion): Fortis, robur et velox (Latin for "brave, strong, and fast") 4. Amfibiebataljonen (4th Amphibious Battalion): Victoria (Latin for "victory") 5. Amfibiebataljonen (5th Amphibious Battalion): Västkustens styrka och stolthet (Swedish for "strength and pride of the west coast") 6.
You Gotta Be. " You Gotta Be " is an R&B / soul song by British singer and songwriter Des'ree, written by her with Ashley Ingram, who produced the song. It is the third track on the singer's second album, I Ain't Movin' (1994), and the opening track on the US release of that album. The song was released as a single in March 1994 by Sony Soho ...
Newspeak. In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published 1949), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary ...