Ovid Quotes - Page 13

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• You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.
  [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]

  Ovid

  Gossip, Towns, Knows

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• Fair peace is becoming to men; fierce anger belongs to beasts.

  Ovid

  Anger, Men, Becoming

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• Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.

  Ovid

  Women, Long, Elude

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.311, Delphi Classics

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• It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.

  Ovid

  Men, Soul, Mind

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• Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

  Ovid

  Betrayal, Guilt, Looks

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• All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

  Ovid

  Love, Life, Fall

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• Pursuits become habits.

  Ovid

  Habit, Pursuit

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• Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.

  Ovid

  Voice, Request, Moved

  Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.125, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen.
  [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]

  Ovid

  May, Appearance

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• Agreeing to differ.
  [Lat., Discors concordia.]

  Ovid

  Argument

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• The gods have their own laws.
  [Lat., Sunt superis sua jura.]

  Ovid

  Law

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• You start in April and cross to the time of May
  One has you as it leaves, one as it comes
  Since the edges of these months are yours and defer
  To you, either of them suits your praises.
  The Circus continues and the theatre's lauded palm,
  Let this song, too, join the Circus spectacle.

  Ovid

  Song, Spring, Theatre

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• Destroy our leisure and you break love's bow.

  Ovid

  Love, Leisure, Bows

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• God himself favors the brave.

  Ovid

  Bravery, Brave, Favors

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• Dear to the heart of a girl is her own beauty and charm.

  Ovid

  Girl, Women, Heart

  Ovid (1957). “The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love”, p.100, Indiana University Press

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• Courage conquers all things.

  Ovid

  Life, Courage, Conquer

  Ovid (1988). “Tristia”, Loeb Classical Library

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• Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

  Ovid

  Wrath, Repentance, Ends

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• Love is a kind of military service

  Ovid

  Military, Inspiration, Love Is

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• I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.

  Ovid

  Praise

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• Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.

  Ovid

  Happiness, People, Joy

  Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.83, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• Pluck with quick hand the fruit that passes.

  Ovid

  Opportunity, Hands, Fruit

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

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• May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends.
  [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos
  Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.]

  Ovid

  Years, Contentment, May

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• It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods.

  Ovid

  Life, Safe, Reign

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• Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
  [Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]

  Ovid

  Gratitude, Thanks, Dues

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• Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.

  Ovid

  Law, Plot, Murder

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