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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Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.

Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.

Cui peccare licet, peccat minus.

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

Quod licet ingratum est. Quod non licet acrius urit.

They bear punishment with equanimity who have earned it.

Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt.

Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet!

Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit

There is a god within us.
It is when he stirs us that our bosom warms ; it is
his impulse that sows the seeds of inspiration.

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

The gods behold all righteous actions.

Di pia facta vident.

Qui finem quaeris amoris,
Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.

Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.

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