What did Gerald Brenan mean by: The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own. - Gerald Brenan Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gerald Brenan, Age, Death, War, 0 - Gerald Brenan
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. - 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
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · 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
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. 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
