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Topics: Ovid Quotes

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.

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

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

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Time is the devourer of all things.

Time is the devourer of all things.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Habits change into character.

Habits change into character.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...

Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong...

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

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

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

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.