51 Quotes By Ovid


Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
Ovid on fear

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
Ovid on grief

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
Ovid on idleness

Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.
Ovid on love

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
Ovid on love

Luck affects everything. let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
Ovid on luck

What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
Ovid on marriage

If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.
Ovid on power

Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
Ovid on sleep

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
Ovid on suffer

Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
Ovid on women