Inspirational Quotes by Ovid · Page 2

There is no excellency without difficulty.

— Ovid

Skill makes love unending.

— Ovid

A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.

— Ovid

There is something in omens.

— Ovid

It is good to be taught even by an enemy

— Ovid

Nothing is stronger than habit.

— Ovid

Do not believe hastily.

— Ovid

If you want to be loved, be loveable.

— Ovid

Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.

— Ovid

Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.

— Ovid

Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

— Ovid

Gold will buy the highest honours; and gold will purchase love.

— Ovid

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.

— Ovid

I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

— Ovid

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

— Ovid

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

— Ovid

There is no small pleasure in pure water.

— Ovid

Keep a mid course between two extremes.

— Ovid

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

Art is most effective when concealed.

— Ovid

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

— Ovid

If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.

— Ovid

We can learn even from our enemies.

— Ovid

Isn't the best defense always a good attack?

— Ovid

A woman is always buying something.

— Ovid

Love, and a cough, are not concealed.

— Ovid

Often a silent face has voice and words.

— Ovid

It is the act of a coward to wish for death.

— Ovid

Anyone can be rich in promises.

— Ovid

Few love what they may have.

— Ovid

The burden becomes light that is shared by love.

— Ovid

It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.

— Ovid

Temporis ars medicina fere est. Time is generally the best medicine.

— Ovid

Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.

— Ovid

If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.

— Ovid

One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

— Ovid

Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.

— Ovid

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

— Ovid

Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.

— Ovid