Ovid Quotes

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

Nothing is so high and above all danger that is not below and in the power of God. [Lat., Nihil ita sublime est, supraque pericula tendit Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo.]

Have consideration for wounded feelings.

The love of country is more powerful than reason itself.

Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]

A bitter drug oft brings relief.

The mind is sicker than the sick body; in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra; malique In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.

As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris

Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and knows not hom to move

An evil life is a kind of death.

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.

I am an exile; but it is the fault that pains; The punishment is nought; that it is deserved Is all the pain.

Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.

Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.

If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

Novelty in all things is charming.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.

Fair peace is becoming to men; fierce anger belongs to beasts.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.

The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

The act is judged of by the event.

It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem

Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.

Love's dominion, like a kings, admits of no partition.

Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.

He who can simulate sanity will be sane.

Sleep ... peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.

Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.

Women's words are as light as the doomed leaves whirling in autumn, Easily swept by the wind, easily drowned by the wave.

Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered.

Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.]