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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Friday, July 8, 2011

He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still.


He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still

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Possible interpretation: If you force someone to do something or agree with something, it doesn't mean that they really agree.
Note: comply (verb): to act as requested or required | against one's will: without agreement | opinion (noun): view or judgement about something

Origin: This saying comes from the satirical poem Hudibras by Samuel Butler (1612-80):
He that complies against his Will,
Is of his own Opinion still;
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For Reasons to himself best known.


Quick Quiz:
"He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still" because he
  1. was forced
  2. agreed
  3. complied
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