Poet · 123 quotes
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Ovid
Poet
Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.
Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
The burden which is well borne becomes light.
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.
Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.
Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
He who can believe himself well, will be well.
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
An evil life is a kind of death.
Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
Tears at times have the weight of speech.
Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Habits change into character.
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
Daring is not safe against daring men.
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
Often they benefit who suffer wrong.
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
Neglect of appearance becomes men.
Love is full of anxious fears.
Art lies by its own artifice.
Love is a kind of warfare.
Love is a credulous thing.
