Ovid Quotes

Roman poet (43 BC – 17/18 AD)

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet, commonly known to the English-speaking world as Ovid. Along with Virgil and Horace, Ovid is one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet.

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Native Name: Publius Ovidius Naso

Alternative Names: P. Ovidius Naso

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Vulcan, the god who had forged his armour,
had fired his body to ashes; all that remained of Achilles
the great was a small amount of material, barely sufficient
to fill an urn. But his fame lives on to fill the expanse
of the whole wide world. His glory measures up to the man;
it matches his noble self, untouched by shadowy Hades.

Time gliding by without our knowledge cheats us, and nothing can be swifter than the years.

Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus.

Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.

Venus is kind to creatures as young as we;
We know not what we do, and while we’re young
We have the right to live and love like gods.

We take no pleasure in permitted joys.
But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.

And he sets his mind to unknown arts

Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo:
impetus hic sacrae semina mentis habet.

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

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.

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

I can live neither with you, nor without you.

If you would be loved, be lovable