What did Charles Churchill mean by: The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. Charles Churchill Poet · England Copy
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Fame, Guilt, Shame, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Appearance, Perception, Validation, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense Read explanation Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Beauty, Fame, Sense, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Reputation, Slander, Words, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Who, with tame cowardice familiar grown, would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Cowardice, Fear, Silence, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Wit, who never once Forgave a brother, shall forgive a dunce. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Forgiveness, Judgment, Wit, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Genius is of no country; her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Equality, Inspiration, Universal, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Churchill, Envy, Ignorance, Judgment, 0 Charles Churchill Poet · England
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. Jean Craighead George
