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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet, commonly known to the English-speaking world as Ovid. Along with Virgil and Horace, Ovid is one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet.
Also known as: Publius Ovidius Naso
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We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws.
Let the crowd delight in things of no value; to me let the golden-haired Apollo minister full cups from the Castalian spring (the fountain of Parnassus).
The god we now behold with opened eyes,
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.
Hence Syrians hate to eat that kind of fishes,
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.
He, because years restrained him from warring, fought by speaking; he attacked and cursed the criminal weapons.
(The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)
Yield to the opposer, by yielding you will obtain the victory.
They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.
They bear punishment with equanimity who have earned it.
Either don't try at all or make damned sure you succeed.
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.
The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.
Jupiter from above laughs at lovers' perjuries.
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
Now are fields of corn where Troy once stood.
The deeds of men never escape the gods.
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.