Ovid Quotes

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.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

God himself helps those who dare.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

All things change, nothing perishes.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Habits change into character.

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

The burden becomes light that is shared by love.

First appearance deceives many.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

Love is a kind of warfare.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

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

What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.

Courage conquers all things.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

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

A woman is always buying something.

By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.

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

Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.

Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.

To be loved, be lovable. -Ovid.

Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

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

Time, the devourer of all things.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Delay is a great procuress

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

Time is generally the best doctor.

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

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

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.