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
enemy
It's right to learn, even from the enemy.
enemy taught
Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
enemy rivals bears
Bear patiently with a rival.
enemy
We can learn even from our enemies.
enemy should
Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.
teaching enemy taught
It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.
enemy taught
It is good to be taught even by an enemy
learning enemy
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
night ugly woman
At night there is no such thing as an ugly woman
borne
The burden which is well borne becomes light.
whether women
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
believe
He who can believe himself well, will be well.
darkness fault hid night woman
Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
anger becomes belongs fair ferocious peace
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.