What did Horace mean by: Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant. - Horace Copy
+ A person will gain everyone’s approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Approval, Gains, Pleasant, 0 - Horace
+ Clogged with yesterday’s excess, the body drags the mind down with it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Past, Time, Weight Loss, 0 - Horace
+ Hired mourners at a funeral say and do – A little more than they whose grief is true Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Funeral, Grief, 0 - Horace
+ Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Mind, 0 - Horace
+ He who preserves a man’s life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Preserves, 0 - Horace
+ Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Each Day, Fate, 0 - Horace
+ Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Charity, Helping, 0 - Horace
+ When discord dreadful bursts the brazen bars, And shatters iron locks to thunder forth her wars. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Atheism, Fear, War, 0 - Horace
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
