Ovid Quotes

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
Ovid

Best, Bold, Adventurer

The burden which is well borne becomes light.
Ovid

Light, Burden, Becomes

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

Cool, Fire, May

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
Ovid

Friends, Values, Crowd

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
Ovid

Nature, Human, Eyes

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

Body, Water, Unless

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

Another, Cure, Ills

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

Men, Makes, Please

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
Ovid

Heart, Whether, Call

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
Ovid

Against, Daring, Bold

Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
Ovid

Love, Herbs, Ah

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

Understand, Medicine, Feared

An evil life is a kind of death.
Ovid

Life, Death, Evil

Art lies by its own artifice.
Ovid

Art, Lies, Artifice

Bear patiently with a rival.
Ovid

Patience, Bear, Patiently

Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
Ovid

Death, Less, Bitter

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

Fear, Everyone, Wishes

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
Ovid

Everyone, Promises, Concerned

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Ovid

Everything, Hour, Appointed

First appearance deceives many.
Ovid

Appearance, Deceives

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
Ovid

Give, Victory, Gain

He who can believe himself well, will be well.
Ovid

He who says o'er much I love not is in love.
Ovid

He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
Ovid

Love, Him, Fall

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.
Ovid

Hate, Wish, Destroyed

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Poet

Born: 43 BC

Died: 17 AD

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