+ Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Brevity, Communication, Silence, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ No great thing is created suddenly. Explain Feraz Zeid, March 6, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Patience, Process, Time, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Anchor, Hope, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Books are the training weights of the mind. Explain Feraz Zeid, August 10, 2023December 24, 2023, Epictetus, Book, Mind, Training, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Pleasure, Self-control, Wisdom, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Beauty, Nature, Worship, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Epictetus, Human, Morality, Perception, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Nothing great comes into being all at once. Feraz Zeid, October 10, 2023December 26, 2023, Epictetus, Coping, Difficulty, 0 - Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art. - Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure. - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is. - Jean Genet Playwright · France
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy