Quotes By Ovid

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

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

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

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.

Love is full of anxious fears.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

There is a god within us.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

Venus favors the bold.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Bear patiently with a rival.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

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

An evil life is a kind of death.

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

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

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.