--- title: "8 Safe Quotes By Ovid" description: "8 Safe quotes by Ovid. Plus more from Ovid and more Safe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/ovid-276_daring_daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men-53_536786.png" --- > [Daring is not safe against daring men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/ovid-276_daring_daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men-53_536786.png) > [A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/ovid-276_inspirational_a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure-54811_548114.png) > [The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. \[Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-most-wretched-fortune-is-safe-for-there-is-no-fear-of-anything/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/ovid-276_fear_the-most-wretched-fortune-is-safe-for-th_693559.png) > [If thou wishest to put an end to love, attend to business (love yields to employment); then thou wilt be safe. \[Lat.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/if-thou-wishest-to-put-an-end-to-love-attend-to-business-love-yields/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/ovid-276_age_if-thou-wishest-to-put-an-end-to-love-at_731859.png) > [It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-not-safe-to-despise-what-love-commands-he-reigns-supreme-and/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/ovid-276_command_it-is-not-safe-to-despise-what-love-comm_997530.png) > [Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/let-love-give-way-to-business-give-attention-to-business-and-you-will/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/ovid-276_attention_let-love-give-way-to-business-give-atten_1581366.png) > [You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/you-who-seek-an-end-of-love-love-yields-to-business-be-busy-and-you/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/ovid-276_business_you-who-seek-an-end-of-love-love-yields_2205614.png) > [Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/friendship-is-but-a-name-faith-is-an-empty-name-alas-it-is-not-safe/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/ovid-276_alas_friendship-is-but-a-name-faith-is-an-emp_2364956.png) ## Other authors on Safe ## More by Ovid > [Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/every-woman-thinks-herself-attractive-even-the-plainest-is-satisfied/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/suppressed-grief-suffocates-it-rages-within-the-breast-and-is-forced/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/honesty-by-evil-fortune-tried-finds-in-adversity-the-seed-of-praise/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-some-alleviation-to-ills-we-cannot-cure-to-speak-of-them/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [ A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. \[Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/a-mind-conscious-of-right-laughs-at-the-falsehoods-of-rumour-lat/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Time is generally the best doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/time-is-generally-the-best-doctor/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/it-is-convenient-that-there-be-gods-and-as-it-is-convenient-let-us/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/i-hate-a-woman-who-offers-herself-because-she-ought-to-do-so-and-cold/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [The sea's vast depths lie open to the fish; Wherever the breezes blow the bird may fly; So to the brave man every land's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-sea-s-vast-depths-lie-open-to-the-fish-wherever-the-breezes-blow/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/rare-is-the-virtue-that-s-not-ruled-by-fortune-that-stands-unshaken/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/thus-all-things-altered-nothing-dies-and-here-and-there-the-unbodied/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/how-little-is-the-promise-of-the-child-fulfilled-in-the-man/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/judgement-of-beauty-can-err-what-with-the-wine-and-the-dark/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/leave-war-to-others-tis-protesilaus-part-of-love/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/remove-but-the-temptations-of-leisure-and-the-bow-of-cupid-will-lose/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safe/ovid/#itemlist", "name": "8 Safe Quotes By Ovid", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Daring is not safe against daring men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ovid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/ovid-276_daring_daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men-53_536786.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/ovid-276_daring_daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men-53_536786.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/ovid-276_daring_daring-is-not-safe-against-daring-men-53_536786.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Daring is not safe against daring men.” — Ovid", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ovid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/ovid-276_inspirational_a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure-54811_548114.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/ovid-276_inspirational_a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure-54811_548114.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/ovid-276_inspirational_a-safe-pleasure-is-a-tame-pleasure-54811_548114.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.” — Ovid", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. 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