Ovid Quotes

Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

If you would be loved, be lovable

Cui peccare licet, peccat minus.

Water belongs to us all. Nature did not make the sun one person's property, nor air, nor water, cool and clear.

Pauperibus vates ego sum, quia pauper amavi;
Cum dare non possem munera, verba dabam.

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt.

Errabat nudo per loca sola pede.

She was wandering barefoot through lonely places.

From that time on she lived in lonely caves.

Crédule enfant, à quoi bon ces vains efforts pour saisir une fugitive apparence? L'objet de ton désir n'existe pas! ... Cette ombre que tu vois, c'est le reflet de ton image.

We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.

I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.

Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor.