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

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.

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...

Little things please little minds.

Little things please little minds.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

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...

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

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...

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

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.

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.

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...

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...

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

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.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.