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
way disposition treats
Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
men mind tongue
Let the poor man mind his tongue
sweet medicine bears
We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion.
believe may common
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.
husband matrimony wells
She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above.
powerful habit customs
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
honesty purpose annoying
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
temptation useless bows
Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.
causes effects visible
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
opportunity pool imagine
Opportunity is ever worth expecting; let your hood be ever hanging ready. The fish will be in the pool where you least imagine it to be.
skills making-love unending
Skill makes love unending.
intuition reason instinct
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.
giving charity good-sense
To give requires good sense.
sorry honesty men
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.