Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

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...

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

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.

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.

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

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...

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

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...

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.

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 vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.