Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Women
Sleep … peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Sleep, Relaxation
Daring is not safe against daring men.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Risk
Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Cheerfulness
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Bravery, Courage
Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Time Management
To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Silence
Fortune and love befriend the bold.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Persistence, Perseverance
God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: God
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Solitude
Alternate rest and labor long endure.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Rest
Happy the man who can count his sufferings.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Blessings
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Wine, Alcohol
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Sin
Those gifts are ever the most acceptable
that are made precious by the giver.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Nothing is more powerful than habit.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Custom
Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Worry
How in the looks does conscious guilt appear.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
There is no less merit in keeping what we have got, than in first acquiring it. Chance has something to do with the one, while the other will always be the effect of skill.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Riches
Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Courage, Happiness
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Heart
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Rest, Leisure
While prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Prosperity
Love is full of anxious fears.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Worry, Anxiety
The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it’s suffering.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Suffering
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Time
If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Love
‘Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Silence
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Topics: Worry, Pleasure, Realistic Expectations, Acceptance, Anxiety
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- Catullus Roman Latin Poet
- Cicero Roman Philosopher
- Persius Roman Poet
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- Martial Ancient Roman Latin Poet
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