Category: Quote/Counterquote

June 5 May 3 Quote/Counterquote

“With great power…” – a Quote/Counterquote post

5 months ago
Robert Deis

THE EVOLUTION OF A PITHY PROVERB: “With great power comes great responsibility.”       Catchphrase popularized by Spider-Man comics and movies       This now well-known line was first used in Marvel comic books featuring Spider-Man,…

May 15 Quote/Counterquote

“To err is human” – A Quote/Counterquote post

6 months ago
Robert Deis

THE FAMOUS POETRY QUOTE: “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”        Alexander Pope (1688-1744)       English poet        The modernized version of line 525 of Pope’s poem An Essay on Criticism, Part II (1711)        In the…

Quote/Counterquote

“I never promised you a rose garden” — an old Quote/Counterquote.com post.

2 years ago
Robert Deis

THE FIRST FAMOUS USE OF THE LINE: “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” Hannah Green (pen name of Joanne Greenberg; 1927–1996)       American author       Title of her 1964 novel       This novel, first published on…