From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed,… — Ovid Art Copy Share Image
Every delay that postpones our joys, is long. [Lat., Longa mora est nobis omnis, quae gaudia differt.] — Ovid Delay Copy Share Image
The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late. — Ovid Born Copy Share Image
“Qui non est hodie eras minus aptus erit. He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. ” — Ovid Copy Share Image
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us. — Ovid Desire Copy Share Image
As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows,… — Ovid Behinds Copy Share Image
Not for any one man's delight has Nature made the sun, the wind, the waters; all are free. — Ovid Delight Copy Share Image
Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase being born is… — Ovid Believe Copy Share Image
Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci; Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi. In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough;… — Ovid Ads Copy Share Image
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy. — Ovid Compassion Copy Share Image
Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart. — Ovid Character Copy Share Image
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.] — Ovid Hope Copy Share Image
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave… — Ovid Giving Copy Share Image
