Ovid

Literature Roman -43 – 17 77 quotes

A Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus, known for his Metamorphoses.

Quotes by Ovid

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Ars Amatoria

Love is a kind of war.

Ars Amatoria

The cause is hidden, but the result is known.

Metamorphoses

Bear and endure: this sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

Amores

All things change; nothing perishes.

Metamorphoses

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

Amores

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.

Ars Amatoria

The lamp of love is lit in the eyes.

Ars Amatoria

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Ars Amatoria

Nothing is stronger than habit.

Remedia Amoris

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

Metamorphoses

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

Remedia Amoris

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water.

Ars Amatoria

The gods look with favor on a bold beginning.

Fasti

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.

Tristia

The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Ars Amatoria

A new idea is a light that you can use to see the world.

Metamorphoses

Time is the devourer of all things.

Metamorphoses

The face is the index of the mind.

Amores

In our leisure, we are most ourselves.

Tristia