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
+ Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Latin, Laughing, Laughter, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Past, Remembrance, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Believe, Feelings, Hurt, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Evil, Roots, Sin, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Delay, Time, Wise, 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
+ Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Bows, Leisure, Temptation, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Betray, Winning, 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
