Ovid Quotes - Page 17

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• Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade;
  When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees.
  So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues,
  But swift is gone whenever she veils her face.

  Ovid

  Clouds, Shadow, Rays

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• It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

  Ovid

  Money, Men, Poor

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• Tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra juvenci;
  Tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi.
  In time the unmanageable young oxen come to the plough; in time the horses are taught to endure the restraining bit.

  Ovid

  Time, Horse, Oxen

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• Let love steal in disguised as friendship.

  Ovid

  Life, Stealing

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

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• Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together.

  Ovid

  Life, Together, And Love

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• The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.

  Ovid

  Love, Giving, Glory

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• When disposition wins us, the features please.

  Ovid

  Winning, Appearance, Disposition

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• Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.

  Ovid

  Death, Here And There, Spirit

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• He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.

  Ovid

  Falling In Love, Fall, Indolence

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• Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more

  Ovid

  Mad, Desire

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• The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing.
  [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba
  Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]

  Ovid

  Fear, Wings, Movement

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• What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.

  Ovid

  Fire, Hands, House

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• What is lawful is undesirable; what is unlawful is very attractive.
  [Lat., Quod licet est ingratum quod non licet acrius urit.]

  Ovid

  Pleasure, Attractive, Unlawful

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• The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.

  Ovid

  Joy, Mind, Poet

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• A lover fears all that he believes.

  Ovid

  Love, Believe, Heart

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• Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

  Ovid

  Enemy, Taught

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• Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.

  Ovid

  Favors

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• Time is the devourer of all things.

  Ovid

  Time, Time Management, All Things

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• It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

  Ovid

  Broken Heart, Breakup, Grief

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• I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

  Ovid

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• Daring is not safe against daring men.

  Ovid

  Men, Risk, Safe

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• The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

  Ovid

  Mind, Spurs, Fame

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• A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog.

  Ovid

  Dog, Boars

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• Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.

  Ovid

  Blame, Prison, Multitudes

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• O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!

  Ovid

  Men, Darkness, Mind

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