Artifice Quote by Propertius Download Open image “Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.” — Propertius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artifice Beauty Cupid Doe Love Naked
CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was no doubt inflicted upon mythology for the sins of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent. — C. A. Bartol Copy Share Image
If you see anything, always deny that you've seen; or if perchance something pains you, deny that you're hurt. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade — Propertius Copy Share Image
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all. — Propertius Copy Share Image
A cause breaks or exalts a soldier's strength; unless that cause is just, shame will make him throw his weapons away. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress. — Propertius Copy Share Image
You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for… — Propertius Copy Share Image
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among… — Propertius Copy Share Image
Love presses my head with carefully placed feet, wretch that he is, until he has taught me to detest chaste girls, and to live… — Propertius Copy Share Image
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not one of… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to… — Paul McGann Copy Share Image
Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without order and… — Pope Pius X Copy Share Image
Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly… — Malika Oufkir Copy Share Image
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent… — Simon Greenleaf Copy Share Image
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less useful is… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
