What did William Congreve mean by: I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. - William Congreve Playwright · England Copy
+ Some by experience find those words mis-placed: At leisure married, they repent in haste. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Experience, Haste, Leisure, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ No, I’m no enemy to learning; it hurts not me. Feraz Zeid, July 16, 2023December 12, 2023, William Congreve, Enemy, Hurt, It Hurts, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Men are apt to offend (’tis true) where they find most goodness to forgive. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Forgiving, Goodness, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Blessing, Deeds, Waiting, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Destroying, Flames, Women, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Whoever is king, is also the father of his country. Feraz Zeid, October 13, 2023December 26, 2023, William Congreve, Country, Father, Kings, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Music, Rocks, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
+ Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow’s sun to thee may neve rise. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Congreve, Delay, Procrastination, Wise, 0 - William Congreve Playwright · England
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature. - Louis Pasteur Microbiologist · France
It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science. - William Blake Poet and artist · England
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
