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
decay empires command
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
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.