Ovid

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I just finished reading Metamorphoses by Ovid, and collected a few quotes, for my fellow quote-lovers. Additionally, I did some research to collect more. Enjoy.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be
Always cast; in the pool where you least expect it,
There will be a fish.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they
Continue long together.

All things may corrupt when minds are prone to
Evil.

By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's
Softened, and more gentle grows.

Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful
Crop.

Tears at times have all the weight of speech.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

To be loved, be lovable.

The result justifies the deed.

We can learn even from our enemies.

Time the devourer of all things.

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Oh, I discovered a page with more, if anyone has the interest for more.


Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Courage conquers all things.

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us
Intense desire.

Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things
Vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase "being born" is used for
Beginning to be something different from what one was before,
While "dying" means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may
Pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains
Unchanged.

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

We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our
Feelings.

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More quotes by Ovid I happened to uncover in my mini-library out of boredom:

Death holds less pain than does the wait for death.

No man should be called happy till his death;
Always we must await his final day,
Reserving judgment till he's laid away.

By looking at sore eyes, eyes become sore:
From body into body ills pass o'er.

Love that's too mighty loses its charm,
And palls, as sweet food does the stomach harm.

According as we have our inmost conscience clear
Or troubled, we feel hope or fear.

Souls do not die; they leave their first abodes, alive,
And in new habitations dwell and ever thrive.

Jewels and gold hide flaws; we are tricked by art;
The girl is of herself the smallest part.
Oft in all this you ask where your love lies:
By this Gorgon shield rich love deceives the eyes.

What is allowed, we scorn; what's not allowed, we burn for.