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
believe
He who can believe himself well, will be well.
art philosophy believe
It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.
believe men jupiter
Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
believe mind scandal
The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.
believe may common
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.
crazy believe should
It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.
believe facts needs
There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]
friendship believe names
Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.
love believe heart
A lover fears all that he believes.
pain believe belief
Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
hurt believe feelings
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
believe mean dying
Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase being born is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while dying means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged.
believe belief
Do not believe hastily.
believe affliction unfortunate
Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.