What did John Donne mean by: To rage, to lust, to write to, to commend, All is the purlieu of the god of love. - John Donne Poet · England Copy
+ Tis the year’s midnight, and it is the day’s. Feraz Zeid, September 3, 2023December 24, 2023, John Donne, Midnight, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Angel, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, All Time, Mercy, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov’d? Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 24, 2023, John Donne, Love, Wonder, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Equal, Political, Wisdom, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Communion, Doing Good, Lost, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Doubt wisely; in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleep, or run wrong, is. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Donne, Doubt, Running, Sleep, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
+ Nature hath no goal though she hath law. Feraz Zeid, August 16, 2023December 12, 2023, John Donne, Goal, Law, Nature, 0 - John Donne Poet · England
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
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
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA