What did Alexander Smith mean by: The only thing a man knows is himself. - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland Copy
+ Some books are drenchèd sandsOn which a great soul’s wealth lies all in heaps,Like a wrecked argosy. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Smith, Book, Lying, Soul, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ My heart like moon-charmed waters, all unrest. Feraz Zeid, September 29, 2023December 26, 2023, Alexander Smith, Heart, Moon, Water, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ A man gazing at the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in the road. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Smith, Science, Stars, Wisdom, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they – and as taciturn. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Smith, Keeping Secrets, Secret, Wise, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. Feraz Zeid, September 21, 2023December 26, 2023, Alexander Smith, Memorial Day, Singing, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ Every day travels toward death; the last only arrives at it. Feraz Zeid, June 5, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Smith, Time, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alexander Smith, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
+ To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for. Feraz Zeid, July 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Alexander Smith, Care, Fame, 0 - Alexander Smith Poet · Scotland
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
