Ovid

The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.

— Ovid

Wherever I look there is nothing but the image of death.

— Ovid

Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together.

— Ovid

We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.

— Ovid

Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.

— Ovid

Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.

— Ovid

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

— Ovid

When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.

— Ovid

She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey.

— Ovid

You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.

— Ovid

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

— Ovid

What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive. [Lat., Quod licet est ingratum quod non licet acrius urit.]

— Ovid

Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

Wind feeds the fire, and wind extinguishes: The flames are nourished by a gentle breeze, Yet, if it stronger grows, they sink…

— Ovid

Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.

— Ovid

The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.

— Ovid

When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.

— Ovid

“Only she is chaste whom none has invited”

— Ovid

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

— 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

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

The result proves the wisdom of the act.

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.

— 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

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

Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.

— Ovid

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

— Ovid

Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.

— Ovid

There is no small pleasure in pure water.

— Ovid