The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

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.

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

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

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

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.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

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...

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

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...

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.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the...

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the...

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Delay is a great procuress

Delay is a great procuress

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...

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will...

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and...

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.