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
light
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light
adversity commitment fire
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
stars eye men
All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.
hate sight mirrors
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
hate sight mirrors
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
facts fiction speak
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
stars men heaven
God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.
men care too-much
Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.
gossip towns knows
You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town. [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]
mad desire
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more
fashion track style
I cannot keep track of all the vagaries of fashion, Every day, so it seems, brings in a different style.
strong law way
The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.
clouds shadow gone
Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face.
sleep ambition desire
To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.