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
hands restraint grows
Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon's hand; Better that they were not touched at all.
mean want limits
He lives well who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limits of his means.
safety no-fear ill
Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.
merit action praise
Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.
pride haughtiness companion
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.
excellence difficulty
There is no excellency without difficulty.
mind spurs fame
The love of fame puts spurs to the mind
moving water sloth
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
women games firsts
Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.
soil forget sweetness
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
pain believe belief
Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
women shopping creatures
A woman is a creature that's always shopping.
soldier lovers
Every lover is a soldier.
magic omen
There is something in omens.