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
sea land sight
It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.
difficult-work excellence difficult
I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]
want ifs
If you want to be loved, be loveable.
littles add bigs
Add little to little and there will be a big pile.
learning enemy
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
men suffering he-man
Happy the man who can count his sufferings.
inspirational genius misfortunes
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
time doctors
Time is generally the best doctor.
stupidity simplicity age
Simplicity, very rare in our age.
death men envy
Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
middle
You will go most safely in the middle.
wine passion men
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
safety absence
A short absence is the safest.
happy-birthday dust years
I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.