Quotes By Ovid

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

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

First appearance deceives many.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Little things please little minds.

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

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.

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.

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

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.

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

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

You will go most safely in the middle.

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

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

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

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

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.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

Time, the devourer of all things.

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

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.