Ovid Quotes

If you would conquer Love, he must be fought At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.

Constant Penelope sends to thee, careless Ulysses. Write not again, but come, sweet mate

Tis on the living Envy feeds. She silent grows When, after death, man's honor is his guard. So I, when on the pyre consumed I lie, Shall live, for all that's noblest will survive.

Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.

We beg one hour of death, that neither she With widow's tears may live to bury me, Nor weeping I, with wither'd arms, may bear My breathless Baucis to the sepulchre.

Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.

Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest. [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae nisi mortis imago? Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.]

Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.

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

Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing, Leave a house empty, it rots.

I got nervous at bulls and eagles, Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take f

Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis.(In this place I am a barbarian, because men do not understand me.)

And besides, we lovers fear everything

Her clear conscience mocked rumour’s mendacity, But we are a mob prone to credit sin.

There is a certain pleasure in weeping

Water belongs to us all. Nature did not make the sun one person's property, nor air, nor water, cool and clear.

the gods are created by poets" --Ovid

Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.

He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure some anxiety always goes with it.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it there will be fish.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it will be a fish.

All things change nothing is extinguished.

The prickly thorn often bears soft roses.

Fortune and Love befriend the bold.

Sleep ... peace of the soul who put-test care to flight.

As the yellow gold is tried in fire so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.

If you want to be loved be lovable.

If thou wouldst marry wisely marry thine equal.

The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.

Nothing is more powerful than habit.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

Fortune and love befriend the bold.

It is some relief to weep grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

Whether they give or refuse women are glad to have been asked.

Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

Endure and persist this pain will turn to good by and by.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe, ' three times.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

First appearance deceives many.

Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.