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Quotes from Publius Ovidius Naso

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Nitimur in vetitum -- We strive after the forbidden
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Today is truly the Golden Age: gold buys hornor, gold procures love
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Iamque opus exegi, quod nec Iovis ira nec ignes nec poterint ferrum nec edax abolere vetustas. cum volet, illa dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi: parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis astra ferar, nomenque erit indelibile nostrum, quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris, ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama, siquid haben veri vatum praesagia, vivam.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Îi dau de lucruu minÈ›ii È™i-mi am?gesc durerea A' mele suferinÈ›e îcerc s? mi le-nÈ™el!
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Ai de mi, que l'amor no hi ha cap herba que el curi i les arts que a tothom fan profit no en fan al seu amo!
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Phoebus amat visaeque cupit conubia Daphnes, quodque cupit, sperat, suaque illum oracula fallunt ??
~ Publius Ovidius Naso
Ii dau de lucru mintii si-ami amagesc durerea A' mele suferinte incerc sa mi le-nsel.
~ Publius Ovidius Naso