What did John Dryden mean by: A thing well said will be wit in all languages. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Repentance is but want of power to sin. Feraz Zeid, October 10, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Power, Sin, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Cheating, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Common, Evil, Nonsense, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Atheism, Triumph, Vices, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Ill fortune seldom comes alone. Feraz Zeid, September 1, 2023December 24, 2023, John Dryden, Fortune, Ill, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind’s great bribe. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Dryden, Generosity, Mind, Secret, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me. Feraz Zeid, October 22, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Devotion, Ignorance, Mother, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ It’s a hard world, neighbors, if a man’s oath must be his master. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Neighbor, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. - Jean-Jacques Annaud Director · France
The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms. - Frank Griswold
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
By stretching language we’ll distort it sufficiently to wrap ourselves in it and hide. - Jean Genet Playwright · France
Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. - George Henry Lewes Philosopher and literary critic · England
