Ovid Quotes
- No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. - View Quote Details on No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it…
- Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus. - View Quote Details on Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus.
- Sunt superis sua iura - View Quote Details on Sunt superis sua iura
- It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul. - View Quote Details on It is the mind that makes the man, and our…
- Make the workmanship surpass the materials. - View Quote Details on Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
- Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it. - View Quote Details on Either do not attempt at all, or go through with…
- Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. - View Quote Details on Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is…
- People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. - View Quote Details on People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
- A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow. - View Quote Details on A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by…
- Medio tutissimus ibis. - View Quote Details on Medio tutissimus ibis.
- What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct. - View Quote Details on What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
- Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy. - View Quote Details on Had I not sinned what would there be for you…
- A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward. - View Quote Details on A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to…
- It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul. - View Quote Details on It is the mind that makes the man, and our…
- An evil life is a kind of death. - View Quote Details on An evil life is a kind of death.
- Then the omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. - View Quote Details on Then the omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble,…
- All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. - View Quote Details on All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
- We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us. - View Quote Details on We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting…
- Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. - View Quote Details on Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by…
- Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. - View Quote Details on Men do not value a good deed unless it brings…
- Nocte latent mendae, vitioque ignoscitur omni, Horaque formosam quamlibet illa facit. - View Quote Details on Nocte latent mendae, vitioque ignoscitur omni, Horaque formosam quamlibet illa…
- Daring is not safe against daring men. - View Quote Details on Daring is not safe against daring men.
- Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them. - View Quote Details on Many women long for what eludes them, and like not…
- The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. - View Quote Details on The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood…
- The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean. - View Quote Details on The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
- Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with. - View Quote Details on Why should I go into details, we have nothing that…
- Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. - View Quote Details on Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent…
- Bear patiently with a rival. - View Quote Details on Bear patiently with a rival.
- Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. - View Quote Details on Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts…
- Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish. - View Quote Details on Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast;…
- 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. - View Quote Details on Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you…
- There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. - View Quote Details on There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even…
- The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. - View Quote Details on The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood…
- Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality. - View Quote Details on Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth…
- What is without periods of rest will not endure. - View Quote Details on What is without periods of rest will not endure.
- They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen. - View Quote Details on They come to see; they come that they themselves may…
- Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. - View Quote Details on Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the…
- 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. - View Quote Details on Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from…
- Love is full of anxious fears. - View Quote Details on Love is full of anxious fears.
- My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. - View Quote Details on My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
- Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. - View Quote Details on Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
- Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. - View Quote Details on Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
About Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC - 17 AD) was a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. Ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, Ovid was generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet.
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