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

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,…

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

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…

“I never promised you a rose garden.”

THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMOUS 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 April…