What did Edward Young mean by: A prince indebted is a fortune made. - Edward Young Poet · England Copy
+ Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Brave, Fame, Scandal, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Day buries day; month, month; and year the year: Our life is but a chain of many deaths. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Mortality, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Our birth is nothing but our death begun; As tapers waste, that instant they take fire. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Birth, Death, Mortality, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen’d to the sun. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Isolation, Neglect, Stagnation, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ A death-bed’s a detector of the heart. Feraz Zeid, August 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Edward Young, Bed, Death, Heart, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Death, Solitude, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Where Nature’s end of language is declin’d, And men talk only to conceal the mind. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Communication, Deception, Language, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Reflection, Time, Wisdom, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
If you make a sale, you can earn a commission. If you make a friend, you can earn a fortune! - Jeffrey Gitomer Author
It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Our temper sets a price upon every gift that we receive from fortune. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France