What did Owen Feltham mean by: Gold is the fool’s curtain, which hides all his defects from the world. - Owen Feltham Essayist · England Copy
+ The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Common Sense, Perseverance, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Fountain, Ink, Water, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Change, Perfection, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Friendship, Nurse, Promise, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Neglect, Rust, Soul, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Misery, Virtue, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Desire, Heaven, Selfish, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
+ When two friends part they should lock up one another’s secrets, and interchange their keys. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Owen Feltham, Keys, Secret, 0 - Owen Feltham Essayist · England
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
A philosopher is a fool who torments himself while he is alive, to be talked of after he is dead. - Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems. - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it. - Jean-Baptiste Colbert
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
I believe what Jesus said, but Jesus never said priests couldn’t be fools. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness. - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Mystic and writer · France
