Years Quotes by Ovid
Ovid’s brief meditations on years echo the cadence of ancient poetry. In just 14 verses he captures the fleeting nature of time, reminding us of the cyclical rhythm that has inspired poets for millennia.
Ovid’s brief meditations on years echo the cadence of ancient poetry. In just 14 verses he captures the fleeting nature of time, reminding us of the cyclical rhythm that has inspired poets for millennia.
![“While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot. [Lat., Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores. Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6e1/ovid-276_age_while-strength-and-years-permit-endure-l_2293749.jpg)
![“May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2d6/ovid-276_contentment_may-you-live-unenvied-and-pass-many-plea_2303312.jpg)
![“Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti, Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f0/ovid-276_agamemnon_writings-survive-the-years-it-is-by-writ_3195010.jpg)
![“A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]” quote by Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/95c/ovid-276_conscious_a-mind-conscious-of-right-laughs-at-the_12185.jpg)
