" We can learn even from our enemies. "

Ovid, Metamorphoses Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire. "

Ovid, Amorum, Book 2, 19, 3 Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" If you would marry suitably, marry your equal. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase “being born” is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while “dying” means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged. "

Ovid, Metamorphoses Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Tears at times have all the weight of speech. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" It is the mind that makes the man. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. "

Ovid Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat) "

Ovid, Heorides (c. 10 BC) Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" To be loved, be lovable. "

Ovid, Ars Amatoria Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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