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
stars eye men
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
men soul mind
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.
men risk safe
Daring is not safe against daring men.
men
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.
men eating deals
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
men mind deeds
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
men soldier appreciated
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
country men brave
The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]
peace men ira
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]
men wisest-man too-much
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
men gold riches
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
money men poor
It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
stars men heaven
God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.
men care too-much
Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.