Quotes by Ovid

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

Fate and necessity are unconquerable.

He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow.

All things are changing; nothing dies.

It is art to conceal art.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Friendship is love without wings.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.

The result justifies the deed.

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

It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

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

Love is no assignment for cowards.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.

Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

Neither can the wave that has passed be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

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

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

Fortune and love favor the brave.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Sorrows are not objects that can be carried on one's back, but they can be carried in one's heart.

There is nothing constant in the universe; all ebb and flow, and every shape that's born bears in its womb the seeds of change.

Time is generally the best doctor.

To love is to care deeply about something.

Love is a kind of warfare.

Art lies in concealing art.

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

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

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

Time, the devourer of all things.

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

All things change; nothing perishes.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.”