Ovid quotes

“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“There is a god within us.”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.”

— Ovid

“Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.”

— Ovid

“Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.”

— Ovid

“Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.”

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

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

— Ovid

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.”

— Ovid

“The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.”

— Ovid

“Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish. ”

— Ovid

“There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ”

— Ovid

“First appearance deceives many. ”

— Ovid

“Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer. ”

— Ovid

“ At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. ”

— Ovid

“You can learn from anyone even your enemy.”

— Ovid

“Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.”

— Ovid

“There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.”

— Ovid

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.”

— Ovid

“You will go most safely in the middle.”

— Ovid

“Time, the devourer of all things.”

— Ovid

“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.”

— Ovid

“Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.”

— Ovid

“Venus favors the bold.”

— Ovid

“Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.”

— Ovid

“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”

— Ovid

“I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement”

— Ovid