Ovid Quotes
Ovid Quotes
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
1240 Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.
1318 Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
2469 Fas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.
1641 Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses
4962 My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
2613 Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”
"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.
4469 Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,
Leave a house empty, it rots.
3405 As wave is driven by wave
And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead,
So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows,
Always, for ever and new. What was before
Is left behind; what never was is now;
And every passing moment is renewed.
4058 And besides, we lovers fear everything
2198 And warns us to use life’s beauty as it blooms. The thorn is spurned when the rose has dropped.
1926 Ars est celaree artem.
2960 Bene vixit, bene qui latuit."
(To live well is to live concealed.)
1200 Omnia mutantur; nihil interit
2484 Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
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