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
death evil kind
An evil life is a kind of death.
teaching enemy taught
It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.
art teaching men
Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.
wine eye blood
It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.
cracked
Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
love-is force colorless
Love is the force that leaves you colorless
tears speech weight
Tears at times have the weight of speech.
mind littles little-things
Little things please little minds.
peace war defense
Isn't the best defense always a good attack?
home land brave
The brave find a home in every land.
brave bravery favors
God himself favors the brave.
heart my-heart affectionate
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
strength giving bravery
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
fall stones evolution
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)