Ovid

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

— Ovid

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

— Ovid

Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

— Ovid

When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.

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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

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Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.

— Ovid

Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.

— Ovid

Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.

— Ovid

The applause and the favour of our fellow-men Fan even a spark of genius to a flame.

— Ovid

Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men. [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae, Noctis habent.]

— Ovid

We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give.

— Ovid

I am an exile; but it is the fault that pains; The punishment is nought; that it is deserved Is all the…

— Ovid

A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.

— Ovid

Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.

— Ovid

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I…

— Ovid

“...et ignotas animum dimittit in artes, naturamque nouat. (to arts unknown he bends his wits, and alters nature.)”

— Ovid

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

— Ovid

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.

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There is a God within us, and we glow when He stirs us.

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Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.

— Ovid

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

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You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.

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No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

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He who can believe himself well, will be well.

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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light

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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

— Ovid

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

— Ovid

Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.

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When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.

— Ovid

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

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Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

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Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

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What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.

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If God be my friend, I cannot be wretched.

— Ovid

When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.

— Ovid

The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.

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Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

— Ovid

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

— Ovid