Ovid quotes - page 2

So I can't live either without you or with you. (Ovid)

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

Ovid

Art lies by its own artifice.

Ovid

In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

Ovid

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

Ovid

Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.

Ovid

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

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Ovid

The result justifies the deed.

Ovid

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

Ovid

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time. (Ovid)

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

Ovid

Tears at times have all the weight of speech.

Ovid

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.

Ovid

Let the man who does not wish to be idle fall in love!

Ovid

It is right to learn even from an enemy.

Ovid

The gods have their own rules.

Ovid

Drops of water hollow out a stone.

Ovid

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Ovid

Though strength be lacking, yet the will is to be praised.

Ovid

I see better things, and approve, but I follow worse. (Ovid)

We take no pleasure in permitted joys. But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

Ovid

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at ease.

Ovid

First appearance deceives many.

Ovid

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

Ovid

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Ovid

Occupation: Roman Poet
Born: 43 BC
Died: 17
Quotes count: 263
Wikipedia: Ovid

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