What did Jonathan Swift mean by: A carpenter is known by his chips. - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland Copy
+ Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery. Feraz Zeid, August 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Flattery, Ill, Manners, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ I’ll give you leave to call me anything, if you don’t call me spade. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 26, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Rogues, Wise, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Leadership, Teacher, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Ay, do despise me, I’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Despise, Pride, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Anarchy, Arbitrary, Savages, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Jonathan Swift, Acquaintance, Company, Worst, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
+ Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers. Feraz Zeid, October 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Jonathan Swift, Growth, 0 - Jonathan Swift Satirist and essayist · Ireland
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