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
evil habit results
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
mind suffering body
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
men
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.
rose found nettles
The rose is often found near the nettle.
running youth spirit
The spirits run riot in youth.
kind pleasure certain
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
men eating deals
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
purpose may useful-things
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
blow suffering proximity
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for another.]
snow add balls
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]
drink thirst
The more they drink the more they thirst.
desire coveting strive
We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.
sweet poison honey
Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.
care may thieves
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.