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."

“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

All Quotes by Ovid

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

— Ovid

Women

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

— Ovid

Fear

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

— Ovid

Morning

“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

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

— Ovid

Women

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

— Ovid

Strength

“Art lies by its own artifice.”

— Ovid

Art

“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

“An evil life is a kind of death.”

— Ovid

Death

“Bear patiently with a rival.”

— Ovid

Patience

“Fortune and love favor the brave.”

— Ovid

Love

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

— Ovid

Alone

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

— Ovid

Beauty

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

— Ovid

Happiness

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

— Ovid

Anger

“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.”

— Ovid

Best

“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

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

— Ovid

Good