What did Samuel Richardson mean by: Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England Copy
+ It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Richardson, Bribe, Taste, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ A widow’s refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Richardson, Lovers, Refusal, Widows, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Richardson, Anger, Repent, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Richardson, Action, Pride, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ He only who gave life has a power over it. Feraz Zeid, July 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Richardson, Suicide, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die. Feraz Zeid, August 6, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Richardson, Die, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds. Feraz Zeid, June 14, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Richardson, Deeds, Prelude, Wicked, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
+ Rakes are more suspicious than honest men. Feraz Zeid, June 16, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Richardson, Honest, 0 - Samuel Richardson Novelist · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France