First appearance deceives many.
OVID The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
OVID A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
OVID There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ev...
OVID Venus favors the bold.
OVID Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
OVID The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
OVID Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, ther...
OVID Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
OVID At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
OVID Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be crue...
OVID If you want to be loved, be lovable.
OVID Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
OVID Time is generally the best doctor.
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 ...
OVID An evil life is a kind of death.
OVID The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
OVID A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
OVID Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lie...
OVID Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast in the stream where you least expect there wil...
OVID To be loved, be lovable. -Ovid.
OVID Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
OVID As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there...
OVID Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.
OVID Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for m...
OVID Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, ther...
OVID Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
OVID Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknow...
OVID No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase wit...
OVID What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief i...
OVID Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained b...
OVID Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
OVID Nothing is swifter than our years.
OVID Time is the devourer of all things.
OVID Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
OVID As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
OVID This also -- that I live, I consider a gift of God.
OVID If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
OVID Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
OVID Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
OVID If you wish to marry suitably, marry your equal.
OVID How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
OVID everything changes, nothing perishes
OVID All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. ...
OVID Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
OVID The burden which is well borne becomes light.
OVID Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
OVID People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.
OVID When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and ...
OVID Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
OVID The drop hollows the stone not by force but by often falling.
OVID Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
OVID Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
OVID That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.
OVID The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.
OVID Neglect of appearance becomes men.
OVID When disposition wins us, the features please.
OVID The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
OVID People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
OVID In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
OVID To give requires good sense.
OVID The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
OVID It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.
OVID Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our ...
OVID Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
OVID Habits change into character.
OVID Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.
OVID Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
OVID A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
OVID It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
OVID Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
OVID Bear patiently with a rival.
OVID I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The bles...
OVID Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
OVID Remove the temptation of idleness and cupids bow is useless.
OVID Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
OVID Keep a mid course between two extremes.
OVID You will go most safely in the middle.
OVID Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
OVID Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
OVID It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other w...
OVID Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
OVID Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
OVID Daring is not safe against daring men.
OVID Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
OVID Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
OVID Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
OVID All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and ...
OVID Delay is a great procuress
OVID What is without periods of rest will not endure.
OVID What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
OVID Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for me...
OVID 'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
OVID Skill makes love unending.
OVID Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
OVID The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.
OVID Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
OVID Envy aims very high.
OVID Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a...
OVID Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there...
OVID Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, i...
OVID The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encour...
OVID Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
OVID Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
OVID We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
OVID In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
OVID The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
OVID Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
OVID My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
OVID Fortune and love favor the brave.
OVID I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of ...
OVID I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
OVID Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
OVID Art lies by its own artifice.
OVID Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
OVID Ah me! Love can not be cured by herbs.
OVID Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying...
OVID Love is a credulous thing.
OVID Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
OVID Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
OVID We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
OVID Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The...
OVID How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand.
OVID Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these
OVID What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
OVID Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
OVID Courage conquers all things.
OVID Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
OVID Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The...
OVID We can learn even from our enemies.
OVID Time the devourer of all things.
OVID The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat)
OVID To be loved, be lovable.
OVID Nothing is stronger than habit.
OVID When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.
OVID So I can't live either without you or with you.
OVID We two are to ourselves a crowd.
OVID The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
OVID Tears at times have all the weight of speech.
OVID Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
OVID Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
OVID If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.
OVID Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
OVID Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, ther...
OVID By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.
OVID All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
OVID The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
OVID There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
OVID Love is full of anxious fears.
OVID Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and f...
OVID Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves
OVID Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
OVID Burdens become light when cheerfully borne
OVID Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
OVID It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
OVID Beauty is a fragile gift.
OVID Love is a kind of warfare.
OVID Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competito...
OVID Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.
OVID Love fed fat soon turns to boredom
OVID Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to f...
OVID Little things please little minds.
OVID Every lover is a soldier.
OVID The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quen...
OVID We two form a multitude.
OVID Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat.: Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]
OVID It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are
OVID I can't live either without you or with you
OVID Time on time revolving we descry, So moments flit, so moments fly
OVID Resist beginnings it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate hab...
OVID Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the d...
OVID The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late
OVID Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and de...
OVID In our play we reveal what kind of people we are
OVID Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
OVID Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
OVID First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe," three times.
OVID All things change; nothing perishes
OVID Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi, sed saepe cadendo. - A drop of water hollows a stone, not by force, but...
OVID Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity
OVID I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and, cold and dry, thinks of her sewin...
OVID Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.
OVID The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
OVID I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me
OVID Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
OVID Dear to the heart of a girl is her own beauty and charm
OVID What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
OVID Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned
OVID How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand
OVID She half consents who silently denies
OVID At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman
OVID I got nervous at bulls and eagles,
Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take for sex
Whe...
OVID Venus of Eryx, from her mountain throne,
Saw Hades and clasped her swift-winged son, and said:<...
OVID She made up prayers and said them,
Worshipping unknown gods with unknown singing,
Her cust...
OVID And besides, we lovers fear everything
OVID Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis.

(In this place I am a barbarian, because...
OVID Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).
OVID Fas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.
OVID Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be use...
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 ...
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