“Do you ask what sort of a maid I desire or dislike, Flaccus? I dislike one too easy and one too coy. The just mean, which lies between the two extremes, is what I approve; I like neither that which tortures nor that which cloys.” MeanTwoLyingDesireAsksEasyExtremesTortureDislikeMaidsTwo Extremes Book:The Epigrams of Martial Source: The Epigrams of Martial
“Better be with the dead, Whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lie In restless ecstasy.” MindLyingSufferingDespairAnxietyConscienceGainsTortureEcstasyRestlessMacbeth PlayMacbeth SleepMacbeth MotifDarkness In Macbeth Author:William Shakespeare
“A question: when is a bed not a bed? When it is angled lie-flat. My back hurts, my legs ache and my clothes are all rumpled - and all because the airline, which claimed to have a bed, actually offered up a torture machine which I prefer to call a slide.” LyingHurtBedClothesMachinesLegsTortureFlatsAcheSlidesAirlineBack Hurts Author:Richard Quest