To laugh is proper to man.
(Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel.)
Κατηγορία: Literature
Hazlitt, «Nothing…»
Nothing was ever learned
by either side in a dispute.
(Hazlitt: On the Conversation of Authors.)
Ben Jonson, «A good life…»
A good life is a main argument.
(Ben Jonson: Timber; or Discoveries.)
O. W. Holmes, «A moment’s insight…»
A moment’s insight is sometimes
worth a life’s experience.
(O. W. Holmes: The Professor at the Breakfast Table.)
Robert Burton, «Wit without employment…»
Wit without employment is a disease.
(Robert Burton:Anatomy of Melancholy.)
Blake, «If others…»
If others had not been foolish,
we should be so.
(Blake: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.)
Ben Johnson, «No precepts…»
No precepts will profit a fool.
(Ben Jonson: Timber; or Discoveries.)
Herman Melville, «Faith and philosophy…»
Faith and philosophy are air,
but events are brass.
(Herman Μelville: Pierre.)
Mark Twain, «When in doubt…»
When in doubt, tell the truth.
(Mark Twain: Following the Equator.)
Pope, «Some are open…»
Some are open, and to all men known;
Others so very close, they’re hid from none.
(Pope: Epistle to Lord Cobham.)