What did John Fowles mean by: Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self. - John Fowles Writer Copy
+ Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Cherish, Illusion, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ The profoundest distances are never geographical. Feraz Zeid, July 28, 2023December 12, 2023, John Fowles, Distance, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ Death is the room that is always empty. Feraz Zeid, June 8, 2023December 12, 2023, John Fowles, Empty, Rooms, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ No amount of reading and intelligent deduction could supplant the direct experience. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Experience, Intelligent, Reading, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ The moon hung over the planet Earth, a dead thing over a dying thing. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Dying, Earth, Moon, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ The ordinary man is the curse of civilization. Feraz Zeid, June 18, 2023December 12, 2023, John Fowles, Civilization, Ordinary, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Important, Philosophy, 0 - John Fowles Writer
+ All pasts are like poems; one can derive a thousand things, but not live in them. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Fowles, Past, Poetry, 0 - John Fowles Writer
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age. - Wassily Kandinsky Painter · Russia
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
