What did George D. Prentice mean by: One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession. - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA Copy
+ A friend you have to buy won’t be worth what you pay for him. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Friendship, Funny, Humor, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Animal, Dog, Funny, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Funny, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Wit, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ There is a realm where the rainbow never fades Feraz Zeid, July 21, 2023December 12, 2023, George D. Prentice, Fades, Rainbow, Realms, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, George D. Prentice, Assertion, Naked, Truth, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Editing, Punctuation, Writing, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
+ Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George D. Prentice, Smoking, 0 - George D. Prentice Journalist · USA
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn’t felt that. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
Writing has to have a great deal of certainty and self-assurance, but it’s not arrogant. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
