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
peace men ira
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]
dog power small-dogs
The wild boar is often held by a small dog. [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]
firsts prudence forsake
It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.
punishment bears
Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]
punishment suffering minus
It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
men wisest-man too-much
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
wrath repentance ends
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
feelings consideration wounded
Have consideration for wounded feelings.
men gold riches
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
may doe danger
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
mind trifles small-minds
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
voice tears eloquent
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
years wrinkles age
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
pleasure inviting
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.