![]() ![]() I’ve made a note of catching the play someday! The play on words, the glittering conversation, the unexpected turn of phrases, it’s deliciously clever and a classic it remains forever. Reading is the best pastime for the mind! See more book reviews here: In Print.Įvery phrase and expression is a thought worth enjoying and applying to our life today. So here are a few golden nuggets from my recent indulgence of Oscar Wilde’s witty, fun, original, and rhythmical play, “The Importance of Being Earnest”. All good things have to be done in moderation, they say. The obvious problem with the classics is this of course: the more classics you read, the more you crave them, just like my addictive and mouth-watering raw vegan brownie. Just do yourself a favor and pick up a classic to “reboot your system” with purity of the language. It is best to leave the past where it belongs and make up for lost time now, rather than lose even more of this precious commodity by looking back. Oh how many books I could have read by now! How many pages I could have devoured! How many gems I could have stored in the depth of my heart by today!Īlas, what’s done is done. Truth be told, a part of me is still making up for lost time during years of school and work, where I traded in my love of the arts and the literature for the practical side of life. ![]() These are great reasons that push me to pick up a classic, even in my most preoccupied state of mind, in between projects and product launches and blog posts, and feel compelled to finish it. There is a reason that a classic will never go “out of style” and every generation will still be able to pick it up, and appreciate it to some level, whatever their education level may be. There is a reason that a classic endures beyond the life of the author and past the turn of century after century. You want to write well and never run out of ideas? You want to be inspired, entertained, left in awe and wonder of beauty and learn something at the same time? You want to improve your vocabulary and enhance the use of your English (or other) language? You want to keep your mind sharp and active? ![]()
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