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
giving dare good-sense
Giving requires good sense. [Lat., Rest est ingeniosa dare.]
giving cows fields
The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.
writing giving dumb
This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]
giving doom
Tis you, alone, can save, or give my doom.
giving glory fame
The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.
life giving-up bows
If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power.
giving charity good-sense
To give requires good sense.
past giving use
We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give.
wine apples giving
Who gives to Aristaeus honey; Or wine to Bacchus, or Triptolemus Earth's fruits, or apples to Alcinous?
giving safety way
Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
giving genius
Giving calls for genius.
strength giving bravery
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
giving victory opponents
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
giving manners polish
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.