Ovid

Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god.

— Ovid

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

— Ovid

Sleep ... peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.

— Ovid

O fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness?

— Ovid

Only the mind cannot be sent into exile.

— Ovid

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

— Ovid

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper…

— Ovid

“Se, mikä on sallittua, ei ole mieluisaa. Mikä on kiellettyä, siihen on palava halu.”

— Ovid

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.

— Ovid

Grant me profits only, grant me the joy of profit made, and see to it that I enjoy cheating the buyer!

— Ovid

Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.

— Ovid

To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.

— Ovid

If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself;…

— Ovid

Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.

— Ovid

There is no excellency without difficulty.

— Ovid

Be bold, take courage... and be strong of soul

— Ovid

The love of country is more powerful than reason itself.

— Ovid

The more they drink the more they thirst.

— Ovid

Safety lies in the middle course. [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.]

— Ovid

We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.

— Ovid

A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.

— Ovid

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.

— Ovid

Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more

— Ovid

It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.

— Ovid

This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.

— Ovid

Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks.

— Ovid

You can learn from anyone even your enemy.

— Ovid

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

— Ovid

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

— Ovid

There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

— Ovid

The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.

— Ovid

Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility.

— Ovid

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

— Ovid

“You will go most safely by the middle way.”

— Ovid

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

— Ovid

Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.

— Ovid

Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty.

— Ovid

In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

— Ovid