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.

2989