Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you...

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you...

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...

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

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...

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

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

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,...

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

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...

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

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

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man...

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man...

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

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

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

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...

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.