Ovid quotes - page 4

Plenty has made me poor. (Ovid)
Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor. View quote
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love. View quote
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Bear patiently with a rival. View quote
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. View quote
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Time, motion and wine cause sleep. View quote
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing. View quote
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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand. View quote
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Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery. View quote
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The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late. View quote
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love. (Ovid)
He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed. View quote
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. View quote
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He who says o'er much I love not is in love. View quote
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The bold adventurer succeeds the best. View quote
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. View quote
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. View quote
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The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal. View quote
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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. View quote
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man. View quote
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. (Ovid)
Daring is not safe against daring men. View quote
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Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you. View quote
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The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness. View quote
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What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please. View quote
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Ovid

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

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