What did Thomas Hood mean by: To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. - Thomas Hood Poet · England Copy
+ No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds – November! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Butterfly, Flower, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Air, Sweet, Swim, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Inward, Religion, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ Frost is the greatest artist in our clime – he paints in nature and describes in rime. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Artist, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Autumn, Fog, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ 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
+ My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Book, Dog, Reading, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
+ He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Hood, Lying, 0 - Thomas Hood Poet · England
I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions. - Jean Kwok Author
The sea and wind can at the same time convey my neighbour’s vessel and my own. - Jean-Baptiste Say Economist · France
I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain. - Jerry Garcia
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
Our purpose is to lean against the winds of deflation or inflation, whichever way they are blowing. - William McChesney Martin
A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der). - François Rabelais Author · France
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