What did Lord Byron mean by: A feast not profuse but elegant; more of salt [refinement] than of expense. - Lord Byron Poet · England Copy
+ What want these outlaws conquerors should have but history’s purchased page to call them great? Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Lord Byron, Tyrants, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Go let thy less than woman’s hand Assume the distaff not the brand. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Assumption, Contempt, Hands, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ But there are wanderers o’er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor’d ne’er shall be. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Anchors, Bark, Eternity, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ To have joy, one must share it. Feraz Zeid, October 13, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Byron, Joy, Share, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal. Feraz Zeid, June 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Lord Byron, Break, Heart, Hope, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Night, Stars, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Land of lost gods and godlike men. Feraz Zeid, October 15, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Byron, Land, Losing, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Glory, like the phoenix ‘midst her fires, Exhales her odours, blazes, and expires. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Lord Byron, Fire, Glory, Phoenix, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I never met a librarian worth his or her salt who didn’t perceive my passion for books. - Frank Delaney Novelist · Ireland
Any actor worth his salt has a responsibility to reinvent himself from part to part. - Matt Smith Actor · England
Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience. - May Sarton Poet · Belgium
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it. - Louisa May Alcott Author · USA
Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment. - Lyndon B. Johnson Politician · USA