What did John Dryden mean by: Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Verbs, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Learn to write well, or not to write at all. Feraz Zeid, September 7, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Learn, Writing, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Death, Fear, 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
+ Never was patriot yet, but was a fool. Feraz Zeid, August 24, 2023December 24, 2023, John Dryden, Fool, Patriotic, Patriotism, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Brave, Soul, Treasure, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Virgil and Horace [were] the severest writers of the severest age. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Age, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty, Grows cold even in the summer of her age. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Beauty, Flower, Summer, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
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
