Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the mysteries of literary history, he was sent by Augustus into exile...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
latin matter workmanship
The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
latin lacking commendable
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
fate opportunity sin
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
silence causes silent
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
heart wine too-much
Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.
song spring theatre
You start in April and cross to the time of May One has you as it leaves, one as it comes Since the edges of these months are yours and defer To you, either of them suits your praises. The Circus continues and the theatre's lauded palm, Let this song, too, join the Circus spectacle.
sweet water pleasure
In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.
water stones dripping-water
"Gutta cavat lapidem." (Dripping water carves a stone.)
giving glory fame
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
men sea sailing
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
money lying men
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
anger ice hatred
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
women
What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.
memories race curse
That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.