What did Ovid mean by: Rare is the virtue that’s not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. - 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
+ God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Heaven, Stars, 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
+ 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
+ Women can always be caught; that’s the first rule of the game. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Games, Women, 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
+ Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Lying, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ See that you promise: what harm is there in promise? In promises anyone can be rich. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Harm, Promise, Rich, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
To save our imperiled honor everything must be sacrificed, even virtue. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
