What did John Dryden mean by: They say everything in the world is good for something. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Men are but children of a larger growth. Feraz Zeid, July 23, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Children, Growth, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject’s sole prerogative. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Freedom, Land, Sole, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Death ends our woes, and the kind grave shuts up the mournful scene. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Death, Woe, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ And love’s the noblest frailty of the mind. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Frailty, Love, Mind, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Dream, Fancy, Sleep, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Shining, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ A thing well said will be wit in all languages. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Language, Wit, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Bets at first were fool-traps, where the wise like spiders lay in ambush for the flies. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Gambling, Spiders, Wise, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France