What did John Dryden mean by: They think too little who talk too much. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ 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
+ When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her. Feraz Zeid, September 28, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Misfortunes, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Deathless laurel is the victor’s due. Feraz Zeid, October 24, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Fame, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ A happy genius is the gift of nature. Feraz Zeid, October 19, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Genius, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Blushing, Maids, Modest, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Ye moon and stars, bear witness to the truth. Feraz Zeid, October 5, 2023December 26, 2023, John Dryden, Moon, Stars, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ None but the brave deserve the fair. Feraz Zeid, August 23, 2023December 24, 2023, John Dryden, Brave, Fairs, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ For age but tastes of pleasures youth devours. Feraz Zeid, July 25, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Age, Taste, Youth, 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