What did Edmund Waller mean by: The seas are quiet when the winds give o’er; So calm are we when passions are no more! - Edmund Waller Poet · England Copy
+ Gods, that never change their state, vary oft their love and hate. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Gods, Hate, Love, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so; ’tis but what we in our autumn do. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Acceptance, Change, Nature, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Discretion, Poets, Praise, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Contrast, Humility, Nature, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move! Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Grief, Joy, Love, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. Feraz Zeid, June 24, 2023December 12, 2023, Edmund Waller, Human, Slender, Strings, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ Virtue’s a stronger guard than brass. Feraz Zeid, October 9, 2023December 26, 2023, Edmund Waller, Brass, Strength, Virtue, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
+ His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer’d and as God He taught. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edmund Waller, Fear, Love, 0 - Edmund Waller Poet · England
Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness. - Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse Salon hostess · France
You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go. - Jeannette Rankin Politician · USA
The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military. - William J. Clinton Politician · USA
And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves. - William J. H. Boetcker Minister
