Ovid Quotes

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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
Ovid

Horse, Fast, Catch

If you want to be loved, be lovable.
Ovid

Love, Lovable, Loved

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
Ovid

Happiness, Happy, Hurt

Fortune and love favor the brave.
Ovid

Love, Brave, Fortune

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
Ovid

Sympathy, Good, Sorrow

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

Good, Pain, Turn

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
Ovid

Love, Same, Cannot

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
Ovid

Love, Person, Wish

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.
Ovid

Integrity, Keep, Worth

Beauty is a fragile gift.
Ovid

Beauty, Gift, Fragile

Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
Ovid

Character, Study, Faithful

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

Women, Long, Eludes

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
Ovid

Morning, Before, Times

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Ovid

Powerful, Chance, Fish

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.
Ovid

Death, Idea, Worried

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
Ovid

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
Ovid

Strength, Within, Grief

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
Ovid

After, Striving, Forbidden

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
Ovid

Sorry, Nothing, Honest

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Ovid

Evil, Minds, Corrupt

Daring is not safe against daring men.
Ovid

Men, Against, Daring

Habits change into character.
Ovid

Change, Character, Habits

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

Love, Happy, Dare

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
Ovid

Anger, Peace, Men

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid

Honest, Purpose, Annoying

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Poet

Born: 43 BC

Died: 17 AD

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