What did W. S. Gilbert mean by: Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound. - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England Copy
+ Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene’er he call, Must call too soon. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. S. Gilbert, Death, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ Utopia’s quite another land; In her enterprising movements, She is England–with improvements Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, W. S. Gilbert, Improvement, Land, Movement, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ Bind up their wounds – but look the other way. Feraz Zeid, June 9, 2023December 12, 2023, W. S. Gilbert, Wounds, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ There’s fish in the sea, no doubt of it, As good as ever came out of it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. S. Gilbert, Fishing, Lakes, Sea, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ Things are seldom what they seem. Feraz Zeid, October 13, 2023December 26, 2023, W. S. Gilbert, Appearance, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ In all the woes that curse our race there is a lady in the case. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. S. Gilbert, Race, Woe, Women, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody. Feraz Zeid, July 3, 2023December 12, 2023, W. S. Gilbert, Assessment, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
+ I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation. Feraz Zeid, September 9, 2023December 24, 2023, W. S. Gilbert, Moderation, 0 - W. S. Gilbert Playwright · England
Man,” I cried, “how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom! - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Author · England
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Magician · France
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God! - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Mystic and writer · France
There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta. - William Osler Physician · Canada
You cannot produce trust just like you cannot ‘do’ humility. It either is or is not. - William P. Young Author · Canada