Ovid Quotes

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

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

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

Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

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

In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

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

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

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

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

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Every lover is a soldier.

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

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

There is a certain pleasure in weeping

And besides, we lovers fear everything

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

Although the gods were in the distant skies,Pythagoras drew near them with his mind;what nature had denied to human sight,he saw with his intellect, his mental eye.When he, with reason and tenacious care,had probed all things, he taught-- to those who gatheredin silence and amazement-- what he'd learnedof the beginnings of the universe,of what caused things to happen, and what istheir nature: what god is, whence come the snows,what is the origin of lightning bolts--whether it is the thundering winds or Jovethat cleave the cloudbanks-- and what is the cause of earthquakes, and what laws control the courseof stars: in sum, whatever had been hid,Pythagoras revealed.

As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.

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.

Nothing is more powerful than habit.

Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.

If thou wouldst marry wisely marry thine equal.

In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

Time is the devourer of all things.

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

the gods are created by poets" --Ovid

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

A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.

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

Few love what they may have.

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

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus resolved, to cosmic parts, he first moulded the Earth into the form of a mighty ball so that it might be of like form on every side … And, that no region might be without its own forms of animate life, the stars and divine forms occupied the floor of heaven, the sea fell to the shining fishes for their home, Earth received the beasts, and the mobile air the birds … Then Man was born:… though all other animals are prone, and fix their gaze upon the earth, he gave to Man an uplifted face and bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to heaven.

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

Sleep rest of nature O sleep most gentle of the divinities peace of the soul thou at whose presence care disappears who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments and makest them strong again for labour!

If you want to be loved be lovable.

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

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

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

All things change nothing is extinguished.

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

A woman is always buying something.

And now the measure of my song is done: The work has reached its end; the book is mine, None shall unwrite these words: nor angry Jove, Nor war, nor fire, nor flood, Nor venomous time that eats our lives away. Then let that morning come, as come it will, When this disguise I carry shall be no more, And all the treacherous years of life undone, And yet my name shall rise to heavenly music, The deathless music of the circling stars. As long as Rome is the Eternal City These lines shall echo from the lips of men, As long as poetry speaks truth on earth, That immortality is mine to wear.

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

Arrive before your Husband. Not that I canSee quite what good arriving first will do;But still arrive before him. When he's takenHis place upon the couch and you go tooTo sit beside him, on your best behaviorStealthily touch my foot, and look at me,Watching my nods, my eyes, my face's language;Catch and return my signals secretly.I'll send a wordless message with my eyebrows;You'll read my fingers' words, words traced in wine.When you recall our games of love together,Your finger on rosy cheeks must trace a line.If in your silent thoughts you wish to chide me,Let your hand hold the lobe of your soft ear;When, darling, what I do or say gives pleasure,Keep turning to an fro the ring you wear.When you wish well-earned curses on your husband,Lay your hand on the table, as in prayer.If he pours you wine, watch out, tell him to drink it;Ask for what you want from the waiter there.I shall take next the glass you hand the waiterAnd I'll drink from the place you took your sips;If he should offer anything he's tasted,Refuse whatever food has touch his lips.Don't let him plant his arms upon your shoulders,Don't let him rest your gentle head on his hard chest,Don't let your dress, your breasts, admit his fingers,And--most of all--no kisses to be pressed!You kiss--and I'll reveal myself your lover;I'll say 'they're mine'; my legal claim I'll stake.All this, of course I'll see, But what's well hiddenunder your dress--blind terror makes me quake.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

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

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

Fortune and Love befriend the bold.

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

Fortune and love favor the brave.

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

The prickly thorn often bears soft roses.