What did Samuel Butler mean by: Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. - Samuel Butler Writer · England Copy
+ Let man be true and every god a liar. Feraz Zeid, June 3, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Butler, Liars, Lying, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Butler, Goodness, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Butler, Function, Vices, Virtue, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself. Feraz Zeid, October 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Samuel Butler, Fear, Halloween, Inspiration, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Butler, Agreement, Liberty, Opinion, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa. Feraz Zeid, August 13, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Butler, Vices, Virtue, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents? Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Butler, Children, Parents, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · England
+ Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness. Feraz Zeid, July 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Butler, Sin, Work, 0 - Samuel Butler Writer · 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
