Mind Quotes by Ovid

“Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.”

— Ovid

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

— Ovid

All things can corrupt perverse minds.

— Ovid

The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.

— Ovid

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

— Ovid

Let the poor man mind his tongue

— Ovid

The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.

— Ovid

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.

— Ovid

The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.]

— Ovid

A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

— Ovid

The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumor.

— Ovid

The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]

— Ovid

The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.

— Ovid

The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

— Ovid

The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.

— Ovid

As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear,…

— Ovid

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

— Ovid

And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]

— Ovid

The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]

— Ovid

What ignorance there is in human minds.

— Ovid

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.

— Ovid

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

— Ovid

Small minds are captivated by trifles.

— Ovid

O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!

— Ovid

Only the mind cannot be sent into exile.

— Ovid

It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.

— Ovid

Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink.

— Ovid

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

— Ovid

For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over…

— Ovid

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

— Ovid

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

— Ovid

Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who…

— Ovid

The mind is sicker than the sick body; in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro…

— Ovid

Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly…

— Ovid

Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind.

— Ovid