What did John Dryden mean by: To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. - John Dryden Poet · England Copy
+ Nor is the people’s judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Democracies Have, Freedom, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ War seldom enters but where wealth allures. Feraz Zeid, August 16, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, War, Wealth, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ Beware the fury of a patient man. Feraz Zeid, August 20, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Christian, Wise, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
+ But dying is a pleasure / When living is a pain. Feraz Zeid, August 11, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Dying, Pain, Pleasure, 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
+ Treason is greatest where trust is greatest. Feraz Zeid, July 5, 2023December 12, 2023, John Dryden, Treason, Trust, 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
+ For secrets are edged tools, And must be kept from children and from fools. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Dryden, Children, Secret, Tools, 0 - John Dryden Poet · England
Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. To a friend hesitant with respect to infinitesimals. Explain - Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones. Explain - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible. Explain - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
To leap across an abyss, one is better served by faith than doubt. Explain - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Tis not the dying for a faith that’s so hard… ‘Tis the living up to it that’s difficult. Explain - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible. - William Osler Physician · Canada
Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off. - William Osler Physician · Canada
