Ovid

Small minds are captivated by trifles.

— Ovid

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

— Ovid

Every lover is a soldier.

— Ovid

We two are to ourselves a crowd.

— Ovid

God himself favors the brave.

— Ovid

“Even as a cow she was lovely.”

— Ovid

“If you would be loved, be lovable”

— Ovid

God himself helps those who dare.

— Ovid

If he should love deny him what he loves!

— Ovid

Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

— Ovid

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

— Ovid

Have consideration for wounded feelings.

— Ovid

If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal.

— Ovid

While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

— Ovid

In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

— Ovid

Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.

— Ovid

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expense

— Ovid

We are charmed by neatness: Let not your hair be out of order. [Lat., Munditiis capimur: non sine lege capilli.]

— Ovid

For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over…

— Ovid

Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

— Ovid

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds…

— Ovid

“Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight”

— Ovid

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a…

— Ovid

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.

— Ovid

Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda…

— Ovid

Skilled in every trick, a worthy heir of his paternal craft, he would make black look like white, and white look black.…

— Ovid

Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat.,…

— Ovid

Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand…

— Ovid

The god we now behold with opened eyes, A herd of spotted panthers round him lies In glaring forms; the grapy clusters…

— Ovid

Those dreams are true which we have in the morning, as the lamp begins to flicker. [Lat., Namque sub Aurora jam dormitante…

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I would that you were either less beautiful, or less corrupt. Such perfect beauty does not suit such imperfect morals. [Lat., Aut…

— Ovid

The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat.,…

— Ovid

“There is a place at the centre of the World, between the zones of earth, sea, and sky, at the boundary of…

— Ovid

“Let your mistress’s birthday be one of great terror to you: that’s a black day when anything has to be given. However…

— Ovid

“You ask perhaps if one should take the maid herself? Such a plan brings the greatest risk with it. In one case,…

— Ovid

“Their love was equal; on the hills they roamed together, and together they would go back to their cave; and this time…

— Ovid

“When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus…

— Ovid

Neglect of appearance becomes men.

— Ovid

All things can corrupt perverse minds.

— Ovid

A pleasing face is no small advantage.

— Ovid