What did Edward Young mean by: Be wise to-day; ‘t is madness to defer. - Edward Young Poet · England Copy
+ They only babble who practise not reflection Feraz Zeid, September 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Edward Young, Reflection, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ What ardently we wish, we soon believe. Feraz Zeid, September 24, 2023December 24, 2023, Edward Young, Believe, Desire, Wish, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Body and soul, like peevish man and wife, United jar, and yet are loth to part. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Body, Relationships, Soul, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ A tardy vengeance shares the tyrant’s guilt. Feraz Zeid, June 27, 2023December 12, 2023, Edward Young, Guilt, Tyrants, Vengeance, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ They build too low who build beneath the skies. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Edward Young, Ambitious, Lows, Sky, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Old men love novelties; the last arriv’d Still pleases best; the youngest steals their smiles. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Love, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 24, 2023, Edward Young, Blow, Love, Shining, 0 - Edward Young Poet · England
+ To know the world, not love her, is thy point; She gives but little, nor that little, long. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Edward Young, Impermanence, Love, 0 - Edward Young Poet · 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