Memorable Quotes and quotations from OvidOvid Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD)Ovid - - Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. Ovid - - It is the mind that makes the man. Ovid - Metamorphoses - Time the devourer of all things. Ovid - - If you would marry suitably, marry your equal. Ovid - Ars Amatoria - To be loved, be lovable. Ovid - - We two are to ourselves a crowd. Ovid - - Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark. Ovid - - Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. Ovid - - Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these Ovid - Amorum, Book 2, 19, 3 - What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire. Ovid - - How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand. Ovid - - Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together. 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 - - We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. Ovid - Metamorphoses - Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase "being born" is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while "dying" means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged. Ovid - - Courage conquers all things. Ovid - Metamorphoses - We can learn even from our enemies. Ovid - - Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. Ovid - - Tears at times have all the weight of speech. Ovid - - Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. Ovid - - There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. Ovid - Ars Amatoria - Nothing is stronger than habit. Ovid - - The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all. Ovid - - Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. Ovid - - All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. Ovid - Heorides (c. 10 BC) - The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat) Ovid - - Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. |
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