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
dominion love-conquers-all conquer
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
use
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
white rose erotic
A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.
bears able misfortunes-of-others
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.
hate willing ifs
Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing.
heart hands mind
For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over all.
men provoking impunity
No man provokes me with impunity.
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.