Ovid

Ovid

30 quotes

Ovid is a Roman poet whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Whether reflecting on Love or Death, Ovid brought uncommon clarity to every subject. 37 of Ovid's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Love, Death, Women, Strength, and Medical. One quote that captures their voice: "Time is generally the best doctor."

“Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.”

— Ovid

Anger

All Quotes by Ovid

“Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.”

— Ovid

Beauty

“First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.”

— Ovid

Morning

“Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.”

— Ovid

Women

“Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.”

— Ovid

Health

“Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.”

— Ovid

Fear

“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.”

— Ovid

Love

“Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.”

— Ovid

Strength

“Fortune and love favor the brave.”

— Ovid

Love

“Beauty is a fragile gift.”

— Ovid

Beauty

“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.”

— Ovid

Courage

“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”

— Ovid

Best

“Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.”

— Ovid

Good

“Habits change into character.”

— Ovid

Change

“Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.”

— Ovid

Anger

“The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.”

— Ovid

Cool

“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.”

— Ovid

Death

“What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives.”

— Ovid

Alone

“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”

— Ovid

Happiness

“An evil life is a kind of death.”

— Ovid

Death

“Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.”

— Ovid

Fear