+ It is never too late to be wise. Feraz Zeid, April 1, 2023January 10, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Knowledge, Wisdom, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ [The Devil’s] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey . Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Devil, Law, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Evil, Poverty, Roots, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Feds, members, Wit, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Daniel Defoe, Stay Calm, Trouble, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man! Feraz Zeid, July 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Daniel Defoe, Strange, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ Necessity makes an honest man a knave. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Daniel Defoe, Honesty, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Blood, Tyrants, 0 - Daniel Defoe Writer · 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