I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

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

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

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...

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

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.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they...

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they...

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

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

Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard

Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard

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

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

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.

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.

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.