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Ovid Quotes

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.

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Also known as: Publius Ovidius Naso

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Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

The wild boar is often held by a small dog.

The whole earth is the brave man's country.

In war the olive branch of peace is of use.

There is no small pleasure in sweet water.

There is no need of words; believe facts.

It is right to learn even from an enemy.

The gods see the deeds of the righteous.

Tears are sometimes as weighty as words.

It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.

'Tis virtue to abstain from things that please.

Every lover is a soldier. (Love is a warfare).

Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never allows us to forget that we belong to it.

Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

Truly it is allowed us to weep: by weeping we disperse our wrath; and tears go through the heart, even like a stream.

Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death.

Slight is the merit of keeping silence on a matter, on the other hand serious is the guilt of talking on things whereon we should be silent.

The hunter follows things which flee from him; he leaves them when they are taken; and ever seeks for that which is beyond what he has found.

We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.

He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ovid (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.