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
grief tears satisfaction
There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.
broken-heart grief tears
It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
grief tears flow
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
grief flight draught
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
grief grieving rage
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
pain grief sadness
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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.
death frown sneer worried
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
prince
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.