A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Little things please little minds.

Little things please little minds.

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

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...

He who says o'er much I love not is in love.

He who says o'er much I love not is in love.

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has...

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

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.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

There is an eternal dispute between those who imagine the world to suit their policy,...

There is an eternal dispute between those who imagine the world to suit their policy,...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...