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
rivers flow fleeting
Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand still. As wave is driven on by wave, and, itself pursued, pursues the one before, so the moments of time at once flee and follow, and are ever new.
cant-live-without-you without-you i-can
I can't live without you or with you.
praise
I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.
ebb-and-flow rivers shadow
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
art lying concealing
Art lies in concealing art.
favors
Beauty- it was a favor bestowed by the gods.
results prove
The result proves the wisdom of the act.
taken law arms
The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe.
favors boldness
The gods favor the bold.
rivers splits force
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
enemy taught
Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
things-change lost
Everything changes, nothing is lost.
thinking opposites people
Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative
sleep mind tranquility
Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind....