Ovid Quotes

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• Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

  Ovid

  Change, Life Changing, Persistence

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

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  Happiness, Happy, Hurt

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• Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

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  Life, Motivational, Rocks

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• Love is no assignment for cowards.

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  Love, Relationship, Marriage

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• If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.

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  Procrastination, Today, Tomorrow

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• Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

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  Wake Up, Genius, Difficulty

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• Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.

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  Jewels, Simplicity, Found

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  A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

  Ovid

  Motivational, Running, Horse

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.343, Delphi Classics

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• The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.

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  Rivers, Splits, Force

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.359, Delphi Classics

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• Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.

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  Sweet, Deceit, Poison

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• He lives well who lives retired, and keeps
  His wants within the limits of his means.

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  Mean, Want, Limits

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• There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

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  Destiny, Ebb And Flow, Shapes

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• Habits change into character.

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  Change, Character, Ancient

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• There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

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  Purpose, May, Useful Things

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• Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

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  Mean, Love Is, Gold

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• The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.

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  Strong, Law, Purpose

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  Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

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  Inspirational, Meditation, Genius

  Ovid (2015). “The Art Of Love”, p.30, Ovid

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• Men do not value a good deed
  unless it brings a reward.

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  Men, Deeds, Rewards

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• If you want to be loved, be lovable.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
  [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]

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  Hope

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• What is without periods of rest will not endure.

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  Inspirational, Relaxation, Periods

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• Fortune and love favor the brave.

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  Love, Inspiring, Depressing

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• When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.

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  Memories, Rose, Gone

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• I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

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  Giving, Poet, Poor

  Ovid, G. P. Goold (1985). “The art of love, and other poems”

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