What did Horace mean by: When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful. - Horace Copy
+ Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Care, Desire, Riches, 0 - Horace
+ Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Royalty, 0 - Horace
+ The shame of fools conceals their open wounds. [Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.] Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Fool, Shame, 0 - Horace
+ Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Ambitious, Heaven, Storm, 0 - Horace
+ Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Nonsense, Now And Then, Pleasant, 0 - Horace
+ What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Justice, Modesty, 0 - Horace
+ He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Grows, His Love, Wealth, 0 - Horace
+ Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Horace, Insanity, Mad, Spares, 0 - Horace
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Explain - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way. 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
It is an oversimplification to say that the opposite of irony is oversimplification. - Jedediah Purdy
