Ovid quotes

“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.”

— Ovid

“Every lover is a soldier. ”

— Ovid

“Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.”

— Ovid

“Tears at times have the weight of speech.”

— Ovid

“Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers. ”

— Ovid

“It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock. ”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.”

— Ovid

“Little things please little minds.”

— Ovid

“Art lies by its own artifice.”

— Ovid

“Against the bold, daring is unsafe.”

— Ovid

“The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.”

— Ovid

“Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.”

— Ovid

“He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed. ”

— Ovid

“Often they benefit who suffer wrong.”

— Ovid

“Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.”

— Ovid

“The gods behold all righteous actions.”

— Ovid

“Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.”

— Ovid

“The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.”

— Ovid

“Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.”

— Ovid

“The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.”

— Ovid

“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”

— Ovid

“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.”

— Ovid

“Most safely shall you tread the middle path.”

— 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