What did Thomas Hood mean by: He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. - Thomas Hood Poet · England Copy
+ Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Blood, Flesh, Struggle, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ How bless’d the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Condolences, Heart, Sympathy, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Book, Thieves, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Extremes meet’, as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Mouths, Tails, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Atheism, Race, Taste, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don’t go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Wish, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Half of the failures in life come from pulling one’s horse when he is leaping. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Fear, Horse, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Birth, Luck, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
