Ovid quotes - page 8

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses. (Ovid)
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.) View quote
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.” "Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you. View quote
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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words. View quote
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Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes). View quote
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Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you. View quote
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My soul would sing of metamorphoses. But since, o gods, you were the source of these bodies becoming other bodies, breathe your breath into my book of changes: may the song I sing be seamless as its way weaves from the world's beginning to our day. View quote
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Say that I live, but in such wise that I would not live. View quote
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We all conceal A god within us, we all deal With heaven direct, from whose high places we derive The inspiration by which we live. View quote
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Nor can one easily find among many thousands a single man who considers virtue its own reward. The very glory of a good deed, if it lacks reward, affects them not; unrewarded uprightness brings them regret. Nothing but profit is prized. View quote
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Gay was oft my song when I was gay, sad it is now that I am sad. (Ovid)
Young love is errant, but it needs to get around; The time and practice make it strong and sound. That bull you fear, you petted when it wasn't big; What now you sleep beneath was once a twig. That little stream, in gaining waters as it goes, Grows stronger, till at last a river flows. View quote
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Love yields to business. If you seek a way out of love, be busy; you'll be safe then. View quote
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Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays. View quote
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Ants never head for an empty granary: no friends gather round when your wealth is gone. View quote
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A creature of a more exalted kind Was wanting yet, and then was Man designed; Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast, For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest. View quote
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Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend, Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his own hereditary skies. View quote
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No fairer law in all the land Than that death-dealers die by what they've planned. View quote
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My son, I caution you to keep The middle way, for if your pinions dip Too low the waters may impede your flight; And if they soar too high the sun may scorch them. Fly midway. View quote
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Shameful it is to say, yet the common herd, if only we admit the truth, value friendships by their profit. View quote
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Seize Time; his swift foot can't be held. (Ovid)
Our charms depart all on their own, so pluck the bloom. For if you don't, it meets a wasted doom. View quote
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Leave her alone. A fallow field soon shows its worth, And rain is best absorbed by arid earth. View quote
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Rage is for beasts, but shining peace for man. View quote
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Pointing to a pile of dust, that had collected, I foolishly begged to have as many anniversaries of my birth, as were represented by the dust. But I forgot to ask that the years should be accompanied by youth. View quote
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