Ovid

The vulgar herd estimate friends by the advantage to be derived from them.
– Ovid

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

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
– Ovid

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

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
– Ovid

Take rest – a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
– Ovid

Today is truly the Golden Age: Gold buys honor, gold procures love.
– Ovid

The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
– Ovid

It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.
– Ovid

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
– Ovid

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only
lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
– Ovid

It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
– Ovid

The result justifies the deed.
– Ovid

The gods favor the bold.
– Ovid

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

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
– Ovid

Fortune and love favor the brave.
– Ovid

An evil life is a kind of death.
– Ovid

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
– Ovid

To be loved, be lovable.
– Ovid

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

I see and approve better things, but follow worse.
– Ovid

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.
– Ovid

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
– Ovid

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

A burden which is done well becomes light.
– Ovid

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.
– Ovid

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

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

You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: Be busy, and you will be safe.
– Ovid

So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will
be alone.
– Ovid

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
– Ovid

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the
alcohol ever distilled.
– Ovid

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
– Ovid

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned.
– Ovid

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
– Ovid

Pure women are only those who have not been asked.
– Ovid

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
– Ovid

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
– Ovid

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
– Ovid

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
– Ovid

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
– Ovid

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
– Ovid

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
– Ovid

There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
– Ovid

There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.
– Ovid

Fools laugh at the Latin language.
– Ovid

He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.
– Ovid

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect
it, there will be a fish.
– Ovid

Every lover is a soldier and has his camp in Cupid.
– Ovid

A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog.
– Ovid

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

Love, and a cough, are not concealed.
– Ovid

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

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

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

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
– Ovid

First appearance deceives many.
– Ovid

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

Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
– Ovid

You will be safest in the middle.
– Ovid

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
– Ovid

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be
cruel.
– Ovid

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
– Ovid

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
– Ovid

If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.
– Ovid

Resist beginnings; the prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by
long delays.
– Ovid

Courage conquers all things: It even gives strength to the body.
– Ovid

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

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains
of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
– Ovid

Time is the devourer of all things.
– Ovid

Love is a kind of warfare.
– Ovid

Everything changes, nothing perishes.
– Ovid

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

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
– Ovid

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
– Ovid

Habits change into character.
– Ovid

Nothing is stronger than habit.
– Ovid