What did Gilbert K. Chesterton mean by: Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. - Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy
+ A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Earth, Heaven, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ It is better to speak wisdom foolishly like the saints than to speak folly wisely like the deans. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Education, Saint, Speak, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Difficulty, Duty, Gratitude, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ There is no way in which a man can earn a star or deserve a sunset. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Stars, Sunset, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ If you spell a word wrong you have some temptation to think it wrong. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Spells, Temptation, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ Realism is simply Romanticism that has lost its reason…that is its reason for existing. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Lost, Realism, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Children, Guessing, Ideas, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
+ We are like the penny, because we have the image of the king stamped on us, the divine king. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Gilbert K. Chesterton, Divine, Kings, Pennies, 0 - Gilbert K. Chesterton
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
