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
pain hate tough
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
life-changing persistence water
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
patience hours
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
marriage love-is coward
Love is no assignment for cowards.
running horse catching-on
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
integrity
Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
endure good pain turn
Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.
hook pool
Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
strong soul
Be bold, take courage... and be strong of soul
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.
mad desire
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more
strong law way
The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.