What did Ovid mean by: Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,Leave a house empty, it rots. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ Every lover is a soldier. (Love is a warfare.) [Lat., Militat omnis amans.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Love, Soldier, Warfare, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Horse, Night, Running, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Courage, Venture, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Breakup, Broken Heart, Grief, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Lightning, Strikes, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Duty, Granted, Pleasure, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Advantage, Friendship, Herds, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Lacking, Willingness, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. - Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life? - Michel Foucault Philosopher and historian of ideas · France
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