Poetry-quotations Quote by Ovid

“His face turned scornful for a moment when he considered that wise people serve fools almost everywhere.”

— Hermann Hesse

“Sometimes the greed and malice of what he sees appalls him so much he thinks he must’ve misunderstood; he looks again, and it’s worse…

— Sarah Perry

“In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how…

— Paul Laurence Dunbar

“Be wary of his lies. The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told. A devious man…

— Jeff Wheeler

“His eyes had something dull about them, expressionless, the bored look of a mediocre intelligence that wrongly supposes it has “seen it all before.”

— Herman Koch

“One who has a clear mind can never be fooled by his senses.”

— Warren Cassell Jr

“The seeking face that will not alter when presented with reason, must delight in its wearer's prideful ignorance.”

— Justin Kyle McFarlane Beau

“His eyes bore into mine. He watches every nuance, every detail of every expression, as if his existence depends on it. He fucks with…

— Karen Marie Moning

“The wiseman knows and questions but what the fool believes he sees.”

— Jason Versey

“What the wise man knows he questions but what the fool believes he sees.”

— Jason Versey

“Now the spectacle was before him in its glory, and as he looked out on it he felt shy, old-fashioned, inadequate: a mere grey…

— Edith Wharton

“Such strength behind these eyes, that your soul glows through. Blinding. Captivating. Torturing. You may be as stubborn as a mule on a cliff…

— Stephanie Hudson