Ovid Quotes - Page 14

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• Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

  Ovid

  Poetry, Mind, Fine

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.1299, Delphi Classics

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• Few love what they may have.

  Ovid

  Love, Appreciation, May

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• Great is the strife between beauty and modesty.

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  Beauty, Modesty, Strife

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• Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty.

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  Beauty, Heaven, Boast

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• Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing.

  Ovid

  Hate, Willing, Ifs

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• Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!

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  Guilt, Difficult, Betray

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• Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.

  Ovid

  Women, Thinking, Attractive

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.308, Delphi Classics

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• He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

  Ovid

  Swimming, Lakes, Sea

  Ovid, John Henry Mozley (1979). “Ovid”, Loeb Classical Library

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• Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.

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  Strong, Medicine, Evil

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• Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.

  Ovid

  Death, Men, Envy

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• Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

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  Love, Friendship, Dignity

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• Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.

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  Women, Games, Firsts

  Ovid (1957). “The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love”, p.113, Indiana University Press

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• Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity,
  Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify,
  Weary bodies refresh and mollify.

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  Sleep, Insomnia, Soul

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• Simplicity, very rare in our age.

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  Simplicity, Stupidity, Age

  Ovid (2015). “The Offense of Love: Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris, and Tristia 2”, p.64, University of Wisconsin Pres

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• Add little to little and there will be a big pile.

  Ovid

  Tasks, Add, Littles

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• It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.

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  Crazy, Believe, Mad

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• Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

  Ovid

  Latin, Lacking, Commendable

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• It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

  Ovid

  Believe, Atheism, Convenient

  Ars Amatoria bk. 1, l. 637 See Voltaire 18

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• That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.

  Ovid

  Echoes, Nymphs, Babbling

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• When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

  Ovid

  Lightning, Doe, Strikes

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• Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

  Ovid

  Envy, Cease

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• The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.

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  Generosity, Stewardship, Giver

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• Art is most effective when concealed.

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  Art, Art Is, Concealed

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• Often they benefit who suffer wrong.

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  Suffering, Benefits

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• We take no pleasure in permitted joys,
  But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.

  Ovid

  Joy, Pleasure, Forbidden

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