What did Aeschylus mean by: We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well. - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece Copy
+ Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark ‘gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Destiny, Subtle, Wealth, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ God’s mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Mouths, Speak, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ The seed of mortals broods o’er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud’s shadow. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Clouds, Passing, Shadow, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Drinking, Environmental, Water, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Morning, Mother, Night, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Aeschylus, Great Power, Reports, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ For sufferers it is sweet to know before-hand clearly the pain that still remains for them. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Aeschylus, Hands, Pain, Sweet, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
+ Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him. Feraz Zeid, June 30, 2023December 12, 2023, Aeschylus, Haste, Work, 0 - Aeschylus Dramatist · Greece
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France