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
giving poet poor
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
relaxation periods endure
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
marriage men wife
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
humor stronger habit
Nothing is stronger than habit.
play people kind
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
hurt men worry
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
hope
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]
occupy-yourself way harm
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
pain hate tough
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
life-changing persistence water
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
patience hours
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
marriage love-is coward
Love is no assignment for cowards.
running horse catching-on
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
integrity
Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.