What did Ovid mean by: Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Companion, Pride, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Sleep, nature’s rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Mind, Sleep, Tranquility, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Adversity, Valor, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Beauty, Dark, Wine, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The judge’s duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Duty, Fact, Judging, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Genius, Gold, Wealth, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Dating, Romance, Yield, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Betray, Difficulty, Guilt, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
Every work of art is an abstraction from time; it denies the reality of change and decay and death. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Obey your head. Obey your heart. Obey your gut. In fact, obey everything except commands. - Matt Haig Author · United Kingdom
Afghanistan is more than the ‘graveyard of empires.’ It’s the mother of vicious circles. - Maureen Dowd Journalist
Time doesn’t obey our commands. You cannot make it holy just because it is disappearing. - Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
The Empire of Wisdom is the only empire on which the sun never sets! - Mehmet Murat Ildan Playwright and novelist · Turkey
Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. - Lord Chesterfield Politician · England
