Ovid

Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.

— Ovid

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

— Ovid

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

— Ovid

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

— Ovid

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

— Ovid

Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire.

— Ovid

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

— Ovid

I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

— Ovid

A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.

— Ovid

“My purpose is to tell of bodies that have been changed into shapes of different kinds.”

— Ovid

I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.

— Ovid

Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and…

— Ovid

Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.

— Ovid

It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.

— Ovid

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

— Ovid

Here Jove with Hermes came; but in disguise Of mortal men conceal'd their deities; One laid aside his thunder, one his rod

— Ovid

The burden becomes light that is shared by love.

— Ovid

Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.

— Ovid

Temporis ars medicina fere est. Time is generally the best medicine.

— Ovid

It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.

— Ovid

We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.

— Ovid

Tis base to plead the unhappy prisoner's cause, With eloquence that's bought.

— Ovid

If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.

— Ovid

Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.

— Ovid

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

— Ovid

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

— Ovid

Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.

— Ovid

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.

— Ovid

I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.

— Ovid

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

— Ovid

Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

— Ovid

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.

— Ovid

“Now I am ready to tell how bodies are changed Into different bodies.”

— Ovid

Tempus edax rerum. Time that devours all things.

— Ovid

A woman is a creature that's always shopping.

— Ovid

“He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.”

— Ovid

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.

— Ovid

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

— Ovid

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.

— Ovid

Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.

— Ovid