Ovid Quotes

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Today is truly the Golden Age: gold buys hornor, gold procures love

اسرع الي خلع خفيها عن قدميها الرقيقتين ان كانت لابستهما أو البسهما قدميها ان كانتا مجردتين منهما, و ان شكت برداً فدفئ كفيها في صدرك, و لو ارتجفت برداً. ولا تحسبها ذلة ان تمسك مرآتها بيدك, يا من ولدت حراً لا قناً(هي ذلة حقاً لكن ما اسرع ان تستعذبها)

Be bold, take courage... and be strong of soul.

We believe slowly when belief brings pain.

I can live neither with you, nor without you.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.

And now I have finished the work, which neither the wrath of Jove, nor fire, nor the sword, nor devouring age shall be able to destroy.

Darkness makes any woman fair.

All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.

I got nervous at bulls and eagles,
Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take for sex
When it could be your turn next. But now I don't care any longer,
I've come to my senses, your profile leaves me cold.
Why am I different? you ask. I'll tell you. Because you keep nagging
For presents. That's what turns me off.

Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.

O gods, \ If any gods will listen, I deserve \ Punishment surely, I do not refuse it, \ But lest, in living, I offend the living, Offend the dead in death, drive me away \ From either realm, change me somehow, refuse me \ Both life and death! — Myrrha, before being transformed into a tree

"the gods are created by poets" — Ovid