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
fall broken weight
A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.
lying fall house
When a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.
betrayal fall winning
She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey.
love life fall
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
strong fall ruins
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
fall stones evolution
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)
battle fallen foe
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
helping fallen
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
falling-in-love fall indolence
He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
falling-in-love men occupation
The man who falls in love chill find plenty of occupation.
life falling-in-love men
Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.
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.