What did Richard Steele mean by: Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms. - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland Copy
+ That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart Feraz Zeid, October 20, 2023December 26, 2023, Richard Steele, Motivational, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Morality, Motherhood, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Fool, Objects, Pity, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ Though very troublesome to others, anger is most so to him that has it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Anger, Troublesome, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Beauty, Modesty, Wit, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Enemy, Praise, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Fire, Gossip, Tongue, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
+ When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Richard Steele, Design, 0 - Richard Steele Playwright and essayist · Ireland
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
