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
ignorance mind humans
What ignorance there is in human minds.
men evil mind
As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.
mind conscious rectitude
The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.
mind spurs fame
The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]
laughing mind conscious
A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]
mind can-not
The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]
sick mind bears
The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.]
joy mind poet
The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.
men darkness mind
O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!
sweet mind novelty
And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]
mind corruption all-things
All things can corrupt perverse minds.
education teacher mind
Only the mind cannot be sent into exile.
poetry mind fine
Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
believe mind scandal
The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.