Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what...

Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what...

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...

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

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...

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.

By yielding you may obtain victory

By yielding you may obtain victory

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;...

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;...

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

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

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

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...

Time, the devourer of all things.

Time, the devourer of all things.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Art lies by its own artifice.

Art lies by its own artifice.

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...

Forever has 7 letters, but so does goodbye....

Forever has 7 letters, but so does goodbye....

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.

We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.