Ovid

Literature Roman -43 – 17 77 quotes

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

Quotes by Ovid

The mind is a fertile soil, wherein anything may be planted.

Metamorphoses

Every lover is a soldier.

Amores

The wound that is not seen is the most dangerous.

Remedia Amoris

The end crowns the work.

Heroides

We are always in a state of becoming.

Metamorphoses

The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a lover's.

Amores

Nothing is more powerful than habit.

Remedia Amoris

The best medicine for a sick mind is a quiet mind.

Remedia Amoris

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

Epistulae ex Ponto 13

Love is a kind of warfare.

Ars Amatoria 1

We two form a multitude.

Amores 16

In love's wars, he who flees is conquered.

Ars Amatoria 1

Happy is the man who has broken the chains of love.

Remedia Amoris 1

The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.

Metamorphoses 8

Envy, sluggish care, and what is called sorrow, are all born of idleness.

Epistulae ex Ponto 13

Everyone is a fool for love.

Ars Amatoria 1

Time devours all things.

Metamorphoses 8

I am Ovid, the poet, who sings of bodies changed into new forms.

Metamorphoses 8

What is it that love does to us? It makes us want to be near the one we love.

Amores 16

Fortune helps the brave.

Ars Amatoria 1