81 result(s) for Ovid Quotes.
"Love is a kind of warfare."
"The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts."
"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."
"Daring comes from insecurity."
"Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it."
"Throughout the ages, the world has been controlled by men who sit in the shade, their hands dripping with the blood of those who toil and sweat to earn that which is taken from them."
"A man is sorry to be honest for nothing."
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"All things may corrupt when gnawed by the teeth of time."
"Medicine can cure, but a bad doctor can kill."
"He who has nothing, and wants nothing, has all that he needs."
"The end crowns all, and that old common arbitrator, Time, will one day end it."
"No man is able to have power over the past, but anyone can liberate themselves from its chains."
"Addiction hardly ever leads to satisfaction."
"The man who has nothing has no reason for not being cheerful."
"Out of difficulties grow miracles."
"In time of peace, prepare for war."
"What is harder than rock? What is softer than water? Yet hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water."
"Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference."
"Nothing is stronger than custom."
"God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman and God help him still more if he finds her."
"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."
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"Fortune favours the bold."
"Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power."
"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."
"The cause is hidden; the result is well known."
"Correction does much, but encouragement does more."
"The seeing see little, the feeling see much."
"Favor comes because for a brief moment, you let down your guard."
"Chance is often more like fate than the real thing."
"What is there without time, that cannot be expressed in music?"
"Endure and believe me, this grief will turn to good."
"What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock."
"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
"The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable."
"I see and approve better things, but follow worse."
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"Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."
"The burden that is well borne becomes light."
"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."
"Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary and adopt a new form."
"Let the punishment match the offense."
"Boldness is armed with impenetrable security."
"Endure and preserve."
"No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us."
"What I desire, I also must strive to obtain."
"In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker."
"The burden which is well borne becomes light."
"Nothing is stronger than habit."
"Fear is stronger than the walls of stone."
"To be loved, be lovable."
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling."
"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."
"Time is generally the best doctor."
"Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these."
"The bold adventurer succeeds the best."
"Bear patiently with a bad situation and do not grumble."
"It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are."
"Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."
"I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement."
"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire."
"The mind is what it thinks. To make it true, think true."
"A superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."
"The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable."
"Love is a desire for that lost half of ourselves."
"Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age."
"Fortune and love favor the brave."
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence."
"Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by."
"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."
"To accept the same idea is not to challenge the idea."
"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour."
"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all."
"The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement."
"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you."
"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."
"It is annoying when regret follows in the footsteps of pleasure."
"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."
"Make your decision and never look back."
"Be patient and tough because someday this pain will be useful to you."
"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all."
"Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop."
"Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my lips."
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