Water Quotes by Ovid

14 Water quotes by Ovid

Ovid weaves water into mythic scenes, using its flow to amplify love, loss, and transformation. In these 14 verses, the element becomes a lyrical bridge between gods and mortals, shimmering with poetic nuance.

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In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

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Dripping water hollows out a stone

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There is no small pleasure in pure water.

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Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

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"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)

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Not for any one man's delight has Nature made the sun, the wind, the waters; all are free.

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By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.

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Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

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He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

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What is harder than stone? What more soft than water? Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

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If you would conquer Love, he must be fought At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop Of water, the new-kindled flame…

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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

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From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed,…

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Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.

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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

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Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

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It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

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

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Time is generally the best doctor.

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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

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I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.

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Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.

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

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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

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Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.

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Leave war to others; 'tis Protesilaus' part of love.

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Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.

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