Quotes by Ovid

About Ovid:

Publius Ovidius Naso was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of Virgil and Horace.
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Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing, Leave a house empty, it rots.

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I got nervous at bulls and eagles, Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take for sex When it could be turn next. But now I don't care any longer, I've come to my senses, your profile leaves me cold. Why am I different? you ask. I'll tell you. . Tha...

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And warns us to use life’s beauty as it blooms. The thorn is spurned when the rose has dropped.

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Her clear conscience mocked rumour’s mendacity, But we are a mob prone to credit sin.

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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.

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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

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Art lies by its own artifice.

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Eis os únicos barcos que temos para voltar a nossa pátria; eis nosso único meio de escapar de Minos. Ele, que fechou todas as outras saídas, não pode fechar o ar para nós; resta-nos o ar; fenda-o graças a minha invenção. Mas não é para a v...

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Every lover is a soldier.

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And now the measure of my song is done: The work has reached its end; the book is mine, None shall unwrite these words: nor angry Jove, Nor war, nor fire, nor flood, Nor venomous time that eats our lives away. Then let that morning come, as come it w...

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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.

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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.

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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.

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When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus resolved, to cosmic parts, he first moulded the Earth into the form of a mighty ball so that it might be of like form on every side �...

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Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.

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Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

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And besides, we lovers fear everything

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A: The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul. Q: It always happens? A: If we're lucky. And if we let ourselves be blind. Q: Instead of watching out? A: Instead of always watching out.

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Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.

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Author Bio

  • NameOvid
  • DescriptionRoman poet
  • AliasesPublius Ovidius Naso
  • BornMarch 20, 43 BCE
  • Died18
  • CountryAncient Rome
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer