What did John Milton mean by: The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. - John Milton Poet · England Copy
+ Virtue hath no tongue to check vice’s pride. Feraz Zeid, June 17, 2023December 12, 2023, John Milton, Pride, Tongue, Vices, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ Boast not of what thou would’st have done, but do. Feraz Zeid, August 28, 2023December 24, 2023, John Milton, Boast, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ For to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Milton, Ease, Frail, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Milton, Knowledge, Love, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Milton, Light, Power, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ They also serve who only stand and wait. Feraz Zeid, July 3, 2023December 12, 2023, John Milton, Patience, Waiting, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ And live like Nature’s bastards, not her sons. Feraz Zeid, June 9, 2023December 12, 2023, John Milton, Nature, Son, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
+ Justice divine Mends not her slowest pace for prayers or cries. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Milton, Justice, Pace, Prayer, 0 - John Milton Poet · England
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. Explain - Leonardo da Vinci Painter · Italy
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people’s weaknesses. - William Hazlitt Essayist · England
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Omniscience … is an excellent quality in God, but suspect in everyone else. - Jennifer Lee Carrell Author
a time has come in our history when what is known has little connection with what is done. - Jennifer Stone Actress · USA