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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Militiae species amor est.

Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis.

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

Si nec blanda satis, nec erit tibi comis amanti,
Perfer et obdura: postmodo mitis erit.
Flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus:
Frangis, si vires experiere tuas.
Obsequio tranantur aquae: nec vincere possis
Flumina, si contra, quam rapit unda, nates.

Forma bonum fragile est.

Ut ameris, amabilis esto.

Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor.

Neque enim lex aequior ulla est,
Quam necis artifices arte perire sua.

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

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

Iuppiter ex alto periuria ridet amantum.

Aut non rem temptes aut perfice.

Nocte latent mendae, vitioque ignoscitur omni,
Horaque formosam quamlibet illa facit.

They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.

Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.

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