What did Ovid mean by: Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies. - Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
+ 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
+ Rare is the virtue that’s not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Fortune, Virtue, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023February 5, 2024, Ovid, Simplicity, Swim, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Forget, Soil, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, Past, 0 - Ovid Poet · Italy
+ That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Ovid, 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
+ 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
Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms. - Frank Griswold
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France