Ovid

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

— Ovid

Spare the soul that feels a deadly wound.

— Ovid

“The result justifies the deed (Exitus acta probat)”

— Ovid

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for another.]

— Ovid

Value each lover according to the gifts he brings.

— Ovid

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

— Ovid

Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.

— Ovid

Lovers remember everything. [Lat., Meminerunt omnia amantes.]

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

What we call birth Is but a beginning to be something else Than what we were before; and when we cease To…

— Ovid

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

— Ovid

Who gives to Aristaeus honey; Or wine to Bacchus, or Triptolemus Earth's fruits, or apples to Alcinous?

— Ovid

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]

— Ovid

Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]

— Ovid

“Dicere quae puduit, scribere jussit amor”

— Ovid

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.

— Ovid

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

— Ovid

“what we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow”

— Ovid

Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.

— Ovid

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.

— Ovid

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast.

— Ovid

What is reason now was passion heretofore.

— Ovid

The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.

— Ovid

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

— Ovid

It is good to be taught even by an enemy

— Ovid

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

— Ovid

When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.

— Ovid

The workmanship was better than the subject matter.

— Ovid

He who says o'er much I love not is in love.

— Ovid

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.

— Ovid

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

— Ovid

It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem

— Ovid

The gods have their own laws. [Lat., Sunt superis sua jura.]

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Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.

— Ovid

Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.

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The result proves the wisdom of the act.

— Ovid

Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.

— Ovid

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

— Ovid