What did John Webster mean by: Though lust do masque in ne’er so strange disguise she’s oft found witty, but is never wise. - John Webster Playwright · England Copy
+ Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Black, Evil, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright, But looked to near, have neither heat nor light. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Light, Shining, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ Ambition, madam, is a great man’s madness. Feraz Zeid, August 14, 2023December 12, 2023, John Webster, Ambitious, Madness, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Degrees, Drinking, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Gold, Health, Hours, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Ambitious, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Webster, Being Different, Different, Liberty, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
+ Oh, yes, thy sins Do run before thee to fetch fire from hell, To light thee thither. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Webster, Fire, Light, Running, 0 - John Webster Playwright · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
