What did Ovid mean by: Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Motivational, Rocks, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Atheism, Believe, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Slander, Wind, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Christmas, God, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Break, Violence, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Marriage, Wife, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Ancient, Born, Delight, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The gods see the deeds of the righteous. [Lat., Di pia facta vident.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Deeds, Righteous, 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
