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Topics: Ovid Quotes

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will...

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

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

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.

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...

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Envy aims very high.

Envy aims very high.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

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...

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

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.

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...

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...

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.

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...

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.