What did John Steinbeck mean by: He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. - John Steinbeck Writer · USA Copy
+ Up ahead they’s a thousan’ lives we might live, but when it comes it’ll on’y be one. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Steinbeck, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Every man in a bank hates what the bank does and yet the bank does it. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Steinbeck, Hate, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 26, 2023, John Steinbeck, Longing, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ There are some times…when the love for people is strong and warm like a sorrow. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Steinbeck, Sorrow, Strong, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Steinbeck, Fear, Loss, Power, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is–and a woman too, I guess. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Steinbeck, Good God, Tails, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ Best thing is to get the words down every day. And it is time to start now. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Steinbeck, Best Things, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
+ With knowledge there is no hope,… without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Steinbeck, Armor, No Hope, Without Hope, 0 - John Steinbeck Writer · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France