What did John Selden mean by: Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends. - John Selden Lawyer · England Copy
+ No man is the wiser for his learning Feraz Zeid, September 17, 2023December 24, 2023, John Selden, Learn, Wiser, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Air, Wind, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Spoil, Wit, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Excellence, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Dance, Dancing, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Knives, Religion, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
+ More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Selden, Libel, 0 - John Selden Lawyer · England
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art. - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher · Germany
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion. - George Inness
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
As it was in the beginning, … is now, and ever shall be, world without end. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
