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
medicine delay may
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
men may causes
In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.
may appearance
They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]
love may beloved
That you may be beloved, be amiable.
years contentment may
May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.]
believe may common
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.
appreciation may covetousness
Few love what they may have.
hands fire may
Nothing aids which may not also injure us. Fire serves us well, but he who plots to burn His neighbor's roof arms his hands with fire.
wise wisdom may
If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.
destiny men may
Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god.
sky may prosperity
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
purpose may useful-things
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
care may thieves
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.
may doe danger
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.