What did Livy mean by: Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar. - Livy Historian · Italy Copy
+ By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Livy, Flying, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Livy, Blessed, Time, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Livy, Difficulty, Graves, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Livy, Attractive, Creeds, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason. Feraz Zeid, September 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Livy, Complicated, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ Haste is blind and improvident. Feraz Zeid, June 28, 2023December 12, 2023, Livy, Blind, Blindness, Haste, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ The sun has not yet set for all time. Feraz Zeid, June 27, 2023December 12, 2023, Livy, All Time, Sun, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
+ Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Livy, Truth, 0 - Livy Historian · Italy
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
For it is in our nature to endure patiently the decrees of fate, but not the ill-will of others. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . . - Jennifer Haigh Author
I’d always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance. - Jennifer Pharr Davis Hiker · USA
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
I want to pretend there’s such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love. - Lorrie Moore Writer · USA
What men call adventures usually consist of the stoical endurance of appalling daily misery. - Louise Erdrich Author · USA
Tortures are a dangerous invention, and seem to be a test of endurance rather than of truth. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
