What did Lord Byron mean by: I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. - Lord Byron Poet · England Copy
+ The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Brave, Eye, Heart, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch’s wife, He would have written sonnets all his life?. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Wife, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Lord Byron, Greatness, Nature, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Life is too short for chess. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Byron, Chess Game, Life Is Short, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ I speak not of men’s creeds—they rest between Man and his Maker. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Religion, Speak, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Despair, Winning, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ The drying up a single tear has more, of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lord Byron, Dignity, Sea, Tears, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
+ Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy Feraz Zeid, October 8, 2023December 26, 2023, Lord Byron, Form, Hypocrisy, Self, 0 - Lord Byron Poet · England
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain - Ludwig von Mises Economist · Austria
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany