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
anger hands weak
Anger assists hands however weak.
character looks delight
When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.
believe men believe-in-me
Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.
inspirational mean ends
The end doesn't justify the means.
pain sadism pleasure
Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.
jupiter lovers perjury
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
love believe heart
Love is a believing creature.
marriage may months
It is ill to marry in the month of May.
death looks
Wherever I look there is nothing but the image of death.
time thinking people
The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.
leadership born-leaders rewards
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
solitude obscurity wells
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
life herbs can-not
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
life-changing inspiration desire
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.