What did Robert South mean by: He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop. - Robert South Clergyman · England Copy
+ The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Persons, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ Folly enlarges men’s desires while it lessens their capacities. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Capacity, Desire, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but that he may raise again. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Father, Mind, Purpose, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Mind, Paradoxical, Substance, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Paradise, Rubbish, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Defeat, Failure, Motivation, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Argument, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · England
+ Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Robert South, Digestion, Reading, Useless, 0 - Robert South Clergyman · 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
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. 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 mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
