What did Juvenal mean by: There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie. - Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
+ Revenge is sweeter than life itself. So think fools. Feraz Zeid, October 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Fool, Revenge, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Poverty, Ridiculous, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian’s tax on ordure.] Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Juvenal, Money, Smell, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many. Feraz Zeid, June 13, 2023December 12, 2023, Juvenal, Excess, Wealth, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Everything in Rome has its price. Feraz Zeid, August 12, 2023December 12, 2023, Juvenal, Rome, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. – Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Juvenal, Censorship, Dove, Ravens, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ The face, not the woman is the attraction. Feraz Zeid, September 28, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Attraction, Faces, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
+ A lucky man is rarer than a white crow. Feraz Zeid, October 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Juvenal, Luck, 0 - Juvenal Poet · Italy
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
