+ The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Afterlife, Burden, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Thou strong seducer, Opportunity! Feraz Zeid, June 14, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Opportunity, Strength, Success, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ He wants worth who dares not praise a foe. Feraz Zeid, August 10, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Dare, Praise, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Libertarian, Liberty, Mind, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Literature, Madness, Wit, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Treason is greatest where trust is greatest. Feraz Zeid, July 5, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Treason, Trust, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Body, Death, Spirit, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Like pilgrims to th’ appointed place we tend; The World’s an Inn, and Death the journey’s end. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Death, Journey, 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
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The laws of art are eternal and don’t change at all, as the moral laws don’t change in human beings. - Max Beckmann Painter · Germany
You’re an Attorney. It’s your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself! - Jean Racine Playwright · France