Quotes By Ovid

Little things please little minds.

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.

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.

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.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

You will go most safely in the middle.

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.

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

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

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

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

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.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

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

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.

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

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

Habits change into character.