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
men evil mind
As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.
evil incentives riches
Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
honesty adversity evil
Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.
roots evil sin
He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.
evil long too-late
Face troubles from their birth, for 'tis too late to cure When long delay has given the evil strength. Haste then; postpone not to the coming hour: tomorrow He'll be less ready who's not ready now.
evil form thousand
There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
death evil kind
An evil life is a kind of death.
evil habit results
These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
strong medicine evil
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
evil mind may
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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.