What did Ellis Peters mean by: What are wits for unless a man uses them? - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom Copy
+ A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there’s no escape from either. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ellis Peters, Death, Preparation, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ It takes a lot to wound a man without illusions. Feraz Zeid, July 29, 2023December 12, 2023, Ellis Peters, Illusion, Wounds, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ellis Peters, Evil, Remedy, Truth, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ Integrity expects integrity. Feraz Zeid, November 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Ellis Peters, Integrity, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive! Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ellis Peters, News, Reports, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ as roads go, the road home is as good as any. Feraz Zeid, October 27, 2023December 26, 2023, Ellis Peters, Home, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ Beauty is a perilous gift. Feraz Zeid, June 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Ellis Peters, Beauty, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
+ Too much trust is folly, in an imperfect world. Feraz Zeid, July 5, 2023December 12, 2023, Ellis Peters, Trust, 0 - Ellis Peters Author · United Kingdom
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason. Explain - Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France
I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom