Ovid

Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.

— Ovid

“you put too much faith in the power of the gods, if you think they can give and take away the shape…

— Ovid

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

— Ovid

Truly it is allowed us to weep: by weeping we disperse our wrath; and tears go through the heart, even like a…

— Ovid

Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

— Ovid

Envy aims very high.

— Ovid

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

— Ovid

You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]

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It is good to be taught even by an enemy

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

— Ovid

Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.

— Ovid

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.

— Ovid

If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.

— Ovid

Few love what they may have.

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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.

— Ovid

The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

— Ovid

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

— Ovid

“or that writing a poem you can read to no one is like dancing in the dark.”

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The wit of man has devised cruel statutes, And nature oft permits what is by law forbid.

— Ovid

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

— Ovid