Quotes from Ovid

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

The burden which is well borne becomes light.

By yielding you may obtain victory

for no god may undo what another god has done...

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

Their useless torches on dry hedges throw, That catch the flames, and kindle all the row; So burns the God, consuming in desire, And feeding in his breast a fruitless fire

your fate is mortal: what you ask for isn't.

Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.

Qui non est hodie eras minus aptus erit. He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.

He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.

Only she is chaste whom none has invited

Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination: the stress of ambition left me cold, while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on me that haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned. The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished: for me, bards were so many gods.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn.

Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.

I got nervous at bulls and eagles, Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take for sex When it could be your turn next. But now I don't care any longer, I've come to my senses, your profile leaves me cold. Why am I different? you ask. I'll tell you. Because you keep nagging For presents . That's what turns me off.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

Darkness makes any woman fair.

I see and approve of the better, but I follow the worse.