What did Alexander Pope mean by: To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. - Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
+ Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Crowns, Fickle, Reign, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Friendship, Knowledge, Trust, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ I lisp’d in numbers, for the numbers came. Feraz Zeid, June 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Pope, Numbers, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Taste, that eternal wanderer, which flies From head to ears, and now from ears to eyes. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Ears, Eye, Taste, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Blind, Destiny, Fate, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Light, Sea, Sky, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss. Feraz Zeid, September 16, 2023December 26, 2023, Alexander Pope, Criticism, Writing, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
+ Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024February 18, 2024, Alexander Pope, Blood, Hands, Justice, 0 - Alexander Pope Poet · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece