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

A short absence is safest

A short absence is safest

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...

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it...

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it...

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

First appearance deceives many.

First appearance deceives many.

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.

In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.

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

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

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Love is full of anxious fears.

Love is full of anxious fears.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

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.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

Every lover is a soldier.

Every lover is a soldier.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.