What did Gerald Brenan mean by: Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death. - Gerald Brenan Copy
+ Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Boredom, Boring, Oneself, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Aging, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Anniversary, Husband, Wedding, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Literature, Writing, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Butterfly, Relaxation, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Every writer and artist wonders what in the world people of other professions can find to live for. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Artist, 0 - Gerald Brenan
+ Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Opinion, Wisdom, 0 - Gerald Brenan
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. - François Rabelais Author · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
