Ovid Quotes

Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.

When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus resolved, to cosmic parts, he first moulded the Earth into the form of a mighty ball so that it might be of like form on every side … And, that no region might be without its own forms of animate life, the stars and divine forms occupied the floor of heaven, the sea fell to the shining fishes for their home, Earth received the beasts, and the mobile air the birds … Then Man was born:… though all other animals are prone, and fix their gaze upon the earth, he gave to Man an uplifted face and bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to heaven.

Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

God himself helps those who dare.

If you would be loved, be lovable

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Every lover is a soldier.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

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

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

Love is the force that leaves you colorless

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.