Ovid Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Ovid Quotes. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!

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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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10
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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12
How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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13
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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14
An evil life is a kind of death.
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15
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.
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16
Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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18
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
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19
Fortune and love favor the brave.
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20
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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21
Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
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22
There is a god within us.
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23
Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
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24
It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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25
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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26
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.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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28
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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29
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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30
The heavier crop is ever in others’ fields.
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31
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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32
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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34
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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35
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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What is without periods of rest will not endure.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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38
Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
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39
The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
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40
The gods behold all righteous actions.
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41
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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42
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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43
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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44
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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45
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
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46
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
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47
Habits change into character.
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48
Neglect of appearance becomes men.
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49
He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.
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50
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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51
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
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52
The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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53
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
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54
In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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55
He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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58
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
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59
Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.
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60
Art lies by its own artifice.
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61
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.
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62
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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He who says o’er much I love not is in love.
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65
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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66
You will go most safely in the middle.
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67
Every lover is a soldier.
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68
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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69
Venus favors the bold.
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Little things please little minds.
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71
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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72
Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
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73
Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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74
Love is a kind of warfare.
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75
First appearance deceives many.
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76
The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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77
Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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78
To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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79
In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
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80
Bear patiently with a rival.
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81
Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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82
Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.
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83
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
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84
Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
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85
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
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86
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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87
Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
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88
The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
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89
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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