Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

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...

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

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

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

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up...

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...

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

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

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you...

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you...

A short absence is safest

A short absence is safest

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...

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

By yielding you may obtain victory

By yielding you may obtain victory

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

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;...

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey...

How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by...

I've honestly not been too aware of my age until I went to the doctor...

I've honestly not been too aware of my age until I went to the doctor...

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.