Ovid Quotes

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

Ovid

Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard.

Ovid

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

Ovid

The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.

Ovid

First appearance deceives many.

Ovid

The brave find a home in every land.

Ovid

God himself favors the brave.

Ovid

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

Ovid

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Ovid

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness

Ovid

Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

Ovid

Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

Ovid

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own

Ovid

All things change; nothing perishes.

Ovid

Nothing is stronger than habit.

Ovid