The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be...

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be...

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...

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not...

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not...

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...

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.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least...

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

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.

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

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

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Bear patiently with a rival.

You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.

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...

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

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

Time is the devourer of all things.

Time is the devourer of all things.

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.