What did Ovid mean by: That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Ancestry, Birth, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Safety lies in the middle course. [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Lying, Moderation, Safety, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Body, Mind, Toil, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Gold will buy the highest honours; and gold will purchase love. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Gold, Honour, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Force, Rivers, Splits, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Enemy, Teaching, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The whole earth is the brave man’s country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Brave, Country, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ If the subject’s easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Wisdom, Wise, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France