What did Juvenal mean by: A rare bird on this earth, like nothing so much as a black swan. - Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Heaven, Know Yourself, Knowledge, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Juvenal, Madness, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ All arts his own, the hungry Greekling counts; And bid him mount the skies, the skies he mounts. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Art, Hungry, Sky, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Juvenal, Fortune, Wealth, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, And toss them on the wheels of Chance. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Fool, Toss, Wheels, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Rarely they rise by virtue’s aid who lie plunged in the depth of helpless poverty. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Depth, Lying, Poverty, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Juvenal, Natural, Tyrants, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Enjoy, Fortune, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey. - Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion designer · France
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God’s help I catch some. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
Oh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day. - Jeffrey Bernard Journalist · England
I have brightness in my soul, which strains toward Heaven. I am like a bird! - Jenny Lind Singer · Sweden
In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black. - William O. Douglas Lawyer and Jurist · USA
Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly. - William P. Young Author · Canada
