Famous Quotes / Ovid
125 Quotations by Ovid
- 1. 'Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
- 2. A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
- 3. A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
- 4. A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip ...
- 5. A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
- 6. A short absence is the safest.
- 7. All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. ...
- 8. All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and ...
- 9. All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
- 10. Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
- 11. Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
- 12. An evil life is a kind of death.
- 13. As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
- 14. Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
- 15. Bear patiently with a rival.
- 16. Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
- 17. Burdens become light when cheerfully borne
- 18. Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, ther ...
- 19. Courage conquers all things. It even gives strength to the body.
- 20. Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying ...