Ovid

Quotes by Ovid

• Although the gods were in the distant skies,Pythagoras drew near them with his mind;what nature had denied to human sight,he saw with his intellect, his mental eye.When he, with reason and tenacious care,had probed all things, he taught-- to those who gatheredin silence and amazement-- what he'd learnedof the beginnings of the universe,of what caused things to happen, and what istheir nature: what god is, whence come the snows,what is the origin of lightning bolts--whether it is the thundering winds or Jovethat cleave the cloudbanks-- and what is the cause of earthquakes, and what laws control the courseof stars: in sum, whatever had been hid,Pythagoras revealed.

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• I got nervous at bulls and eagles,Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take f

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• Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,Leave a house empty, it rots.

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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.—Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

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• As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.

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• Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas - Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

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• Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies.

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

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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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• Although the gods were in the distant skies,Pythagoras drew near them with his mind;what nature had denied to human sight,he saw with his intellect, his mental eye.When he, with reason and tenacious care,had probed all things, he taught-- to those who gatheredin silence and amazement-- what he'd learnedof the beginnings of the universe,of what caused things to happen, and what istheir nature: what god is, whence come the snows,what is the origin of lightning bolts--whether it is the thundering winds or Jovethat cleave the cloudbanks-- and what is the cause of earthquakes, and what laws control the courseof stars: in sum, whatever had been hid,Pythagoras revealed.

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• I got nervous at bulls and eagles,Trying to figure what shape Zeus might take f

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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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• Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,Leave a house empty, it rots.

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

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• Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas - Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses

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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.—Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

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• Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies.

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• As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.

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• Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

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• Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

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