What did John Wyndham mean by: Why was I condemned to live in a democracy where every fool’s vote is equal to a sensible man’s? - John Wyndham Writer Copy
+ Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Wyndham, Fuel, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Wyndham, Existence, Treasure, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ If you run away from a thing just because you don’t like it, you don’t like what you find either. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Wyndham, Running, Running Away, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ Some quotations,” said Zellaby, “are greatly improved by lack of context. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Wyndham, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ …after all, what is a planet but an island in space? Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, John Wyndham, Islands, Planets, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ It’s humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it’s still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Wyndham, Dependent, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ Why should I? I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed – I am only beaten Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Wyndham, Ashamed, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
+ If you want to keep alive in the jungle, you must live as the jungle does. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, John Wyndham, Alive, 0 - John Wyndham Writer
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. - Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
I believe what Jesus said, but Jesus never said priests couldn’t be fools. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
