What did Leigh Hunt mean by: Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner. - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England Copy
+ Poetry is the breath of beauty. Feraz Zeid, July 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Leigh Hunt, Breathe, Poetry, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leigh Hunt, Children, Lost, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ Colors are the smiles of nature. Feraz Zeid, October 22, 2023December 26, 2023, Leigh Hunt, Color, Keep Smiling, Nature, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ Bread, milk and butter are of venerable antiquity. They taste of the morning of the world. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leigh Hunt, Food, Morning, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment. Feraz Zeid, June 20, 2023December 12, 2023, Leigh Hunt, Busy, Enjoyment, Occupation, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ I entrench myself in my books equally against sorrow and the weather. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leigh Hunt, Book, Reading, Weather, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ Light is, perhaps, the most wonderful of all visible things. Feraz Zeid, June 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Leigh Hunt, Light, Visible, Wonderful, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · England
+ The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Leigh Hunt, Deny, 0 - Leigh Hunt Poet and essayist · 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
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that. - Lester Bangs Music journalist · USA
Assuredly, meeting after absence, is one of – ah, no! – it is life’s most delicious feeling. - Letitia Elizabeth Landon Poet · England