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

Topics: Ovid Quotes

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...

Habits change into character.

Habits change into character.

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,...

Venus favors the bold.

Venus favors the bold.

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

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

Love is a believing creature

Love is a believing creature

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

Courage conquers all things, it even gives strength to the body

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

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...

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

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...

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man...

Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man...

Little things please little minds.

Little things please little minds.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

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...