What did Mary Howitt mean by: To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne’er come down again. - Mary Howitt Poet · England Copy
+ He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Mary Howitt, Flower, Power, 0 - Mary Howitt Poet · 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
All is vanity and everybody’s vain. Women are terribly vain. So are men – more so, if possible. - Jerome K. Jerome Writer
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
If a man doesn’t find ease in himself, ’tis in vain to seek it elsewhere. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. - Mary Wollstonecraft Writer and philosopher · England
