Ovid Quotes

He finds Eurydice in blessed fields. His yearning arms embrace her. They stroll, now side by side, now as he follows, now as he leads. And Orpheus in safety can turn and look at his Eurydice.

Love is a kind of warfare.

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.

Should anyone here in Rome lack finesse at love-making,
Let him
Try me - read my book, and the results are guaranteed!
Technique is the secret. Charioteer, sailor, oarsman,
All need it.
Technique can control
Love himself.

The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.

Omnia mutantur; nihil interit

ingenium mala saepe movent

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

I can live neither with you, nor without you.

Ars adeo latet arte sua.

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses"

Nor can one easily find among many thousands a single man who considers virtue its own reward. The very glory of a good deed, if it lacks reward, affects them not; unrewarded uprightness brings them regret. Nothing but profit is prized.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

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

The rest night knows, and we, and the tower that sees, and the light that showed me a path through the sea.