What did Gerald Brenan mean by: Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. - 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
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Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
