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."

“Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.”

— Ovid

Women

All Quotes by Ovid

“An evil life is a kind of death.”

— Ovid

Death

“Beauty is a fragile gift.”

— Ovid

Beauty

“Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.”

— Ovid

Nature

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

— Ovid

Happiness

“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”

— Ovid

Best

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

— Ovid

Alone

“Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts.”

— Ovid

Anger

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

— Ovid

Women

“Fortune and love favor the brave.”

— Ovid

Love

“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

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

— Ovid

Health

“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.”

— Ovid

Love

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

— Ovid

Fear

“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.”

— Ovid

Hope

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

— Ovid

Beauty

“Time is generally the best doctor.”

— Ovid

Best

“Art lies by its own artifice.”

— Ovid

Art

“Habits change into character.”

— Ovid

Change

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

— Ovid

Strength

“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