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Topics: Ovid Quotes

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe...

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe...

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...

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

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

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

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...

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in...

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in...

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

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.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe, three times.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

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,...

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

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

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

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.