Ovid Quotes

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.

Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.

We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.

The act is judged of by the event.

When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.

That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.

Love is a kind of warfare.

Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

Novelty in all things is charming.

As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.

The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.

Time is generally the best doctor.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

Spare the soul that feels a deadly wound.

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.

An evil life is a kind of death.

Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

That you may be beloved, be amiable.

Habits change into character.

The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.

Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.

There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

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

It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

The brave find a home in every land.

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Gold will buy the highest honours; and gold will purchase love.

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

Love and dignity do not dwell together.

Pluck with quick hand the fruit that passes.

Have consideration for wounded feelings.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.

Let love steal in disguised as friendship.

A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.

A woman is always buying something.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.