What did Mary Russell Mitford mean by: We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish. - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England Copy
+ Prejudices of taste, likings and dislikings, are not always vanquishable by reason. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Russell Mitford, Prejudice, Taste, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden! Feraz Zeid, August 31, 2023December 26, 2023, Mary Russell Mitford, Garden, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ There is no running away from a great grief. Feraz Zeid, August 23, 2023December 24, 2023, Mary Russell Mitford, Grief, Running, Running Away, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ Friendship is the bread of the heart. Feraz Zeid, August 13, 2023December 12, 2023, Mary Russell Mitford, Bread, Heart, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ Enthusiasm is very catching, especially when it is very eloquent. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Russell Mitford, Eloquent, Enthusiasm, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ I prepare myself for all disappointments by expecting nothing. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024February 13, 2024, Mary Russell Mitford, Disappointment, Expectations, Expecting, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Russell Mitford, Doubt, Letters, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
+ A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mary Russell Mitford, Painting, Pieces, 0 - Mary Russell Mitford Playwright · England
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
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
