29-Oct-2021, 05:23 AM
(28-Oct-2021, 07:10 PM)agent_kith Wrote: [ -> ]Yes... you recall well.. Steinbeck's novel was "Of Mice & Men" and the title came from Robbie Burns poem but so to did the big ideas within it...(28-Oct-2021, 01:31 PM)Bromf Wrote: [ -> ] Robert Burns: “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.”I always thought that quote is from Richard Stienback, or was that John Stienback. From a story call "Of Mice & Men"... For my literature class, it's mice and Romeo & Juliet. Probably the reason why my English and the grammar still sucks to this day..
"Best laid schemes of mice & men often goes awry " and "A rose by any other name will smell as sweet..." these two quotes get stuck in my brains ever since my teens.
This is the most eloquent explanation I have seen...
https://grammarhow.com/the-best-laid-pla...e-and-men/