The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

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

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

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Love is a believing creature

Love is a believing creature

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

By yielding you may obtain victory

By yielding you may obtain victory

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

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

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

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.