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

Topics: Ovid Quotes

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

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

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...

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

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

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

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has...

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has...

Love is full of anxious fears.

Love is full of anxious fears.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

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...

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

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.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though...

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.