Ovid Quotes

I intend to speak of metamorphoses.

Dicere quae puduit, scribere jussit amor

God himself helps those who dare.

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

Abeunt studia in mores.

The result justifies the deed
(Exitus acta probat)

We believe slowly when belief brings pain.

The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.

All things change; nothing perishes.

Heu quantum scelus est in viscera viscera condi
ingestoque avidum pinguescere corpore corpus
alteriusque animans animantis vivere leto!
Scilicet in tantis opibus, quas, optima matrum,
terra parit, nil te nisi tristia mandere saevo
vulnera dente iuvat ritusque referre Cyclopum,
nec, nisi perdideris alium, placare voracis
et male morati poteris ieiunia ventris!

Ego pulveris hausti
ostendens cumulum, quot haberet corpora pulvis,
tot mihi natales contingere vana rogavi;
excidit, ut peterem iuvenes quoque protinus annos.

Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.

Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.

"Ajax defending his honor when he fought against Troy along with Ulysses, who claimed his actions enabled the Greeks to be victorious. The chiefs side with Ulysses, and Ajax, having lost his honor as a warrior, draws his sword and proclaims:

"But this at least is mine, or does Ulysses claim this also for himself? This I must employ against myself; and the sword which has often reeked with Phrygian blood will now reek with its masters, lest any man but Ajax ever conquer Ajax.

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