Quotes

“It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.” Ovid

“Time is the devourer of all things.” Ovid

“What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.” Ovid

“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” Ovid

“Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.” Ovid

“The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.” Ovid

“Time, motion and wine cause sleep.” Ovid

“What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.” Ovid

“What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.” Ovid

“People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.” Ovid

“Envy aims very high.” Ovid

“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.” Ovid

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

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.” Ovid

“There is a god within us.” Ovid

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

“The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.” Ovid

“Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.” Ovid

“Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.” Ovid

“Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.” Ovid

“An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.” Ovid

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

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.” Ovid

“The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.” Ovid

“Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.” Ovid

“There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.” Ovid

“First appearance deceives many.” Ovid

“Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.” Ovid

“At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.” Ovid

“You can learn from anyone even your enemy.” Ovid