Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same...

Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same...

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 gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

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

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

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

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

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

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

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

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.

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...

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;...

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens...

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...

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...

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the...

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the...

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.