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Topics: Ovid Quotes

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...

There is a god within us.

There is a god within us.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies...

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies...

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...

Time is generally the best doctor.

Time is generally the best doctor.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard

Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard

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...

You will go most safely in the middle.

You will go most safely in the middle.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Bear patiently with a rival.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

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

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

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...

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they...

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they...

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.