The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough...

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough...

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Time is generally the best doctor.

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...

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

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.

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...

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

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...

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...

Time, the devourer of all things.

Time, the devourer of all things.

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.

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to...

A mind may appreciate anyone, but it takes only heart to respect someone and thatâ€™s...

A mind may appreciate anyone, but it takes only heart to respect someone and thatâ€™s...

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of...

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of...