Ovid Quotes

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.

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

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

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

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

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.

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

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.

And besides, we lovers fear everything

And warns us to use life’s beauty as it blooms. The thorn is spurned when the rose has dropped.

Ars est celaree artem.

Bene vixit, bene qui latuit."

(To live well is to live concealed.)

Omnia mutantur; nihil interit

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.