What did Ovid mean by: Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid’s bow is useless. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Hours, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Deeds, 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
+ Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Integrity, Wisdom, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Fair peace is becoming to men; fierce anger belongs to beasts. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Anger, Becoming, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Envy, Jealousy, Wind, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Hate I shall, if I can; if I can’t, I shall love though not willing. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Hate, Willing, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n’est rien d’inutile aux personnes de sens.] - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. - George Eliot Author · England
Learning without piety produces a proud device; piety without learning produces a useless one. - Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. - Jean-Paul Aron
Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address. - Jeffrey R. Holland Religious leader · USA
Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you. - Jennifer Donnelly Author