What did John Donne mean by: As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery. - John Donne Poet · England Copy
+ If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Dream, Joy, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Elephants, Great Things, Masterpiece, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Never start with tomorrow to reach eternity. Eternity is not being reached by small steps. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Small Steps, Steps, Tomorrow, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Death is an ascension to a better library. Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, John Donne, Library, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Sleep is pain’s easiest salve Feraz Zeid, July 22, 2023December 12, 2023, John Donne, Pain, Sleep, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ He that desires to print a book, should much more desire, to be a book. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Donne, Book, Desire, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Heaven, Joy, Serenity, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ How imperfect is all our knowledge! Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, John Donne, Imperfect, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. - François Rabelais Author · France
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour. - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France