What did Ovid mean by: There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Care, Thieves, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Misfortunes Of Others, 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
+ Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon’s hand; Better that they were not touched at all. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Grows, Hands, Restraint, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid’s bow is useless. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Bows, Temptation, Useless, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ The wit of man has devised cruel statutes, And nature oft permits what is by law forbid. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Law, Permit, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. The burden which is well borne becomes light. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Courage, Fit, Light, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Blood, Eye, Wine, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The most delicate, the most sensible of all pleasures, consists in promoting the pleasure of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art. - Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure. - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
Anyone who’s never experienced the pleasure of betrayal doesn’t know what pleasure is. - Jean Genet Playwright · France
And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way. - Jean Ingelow Poet · England
