The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English Blank Verse Vols. I & II

“I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth. ””

— Ovid

“Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies.””

— Ovid

“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).””

— Ovid

“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.””

— Ovid

“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?””

— Ovid

“I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.””

— Ovid

“As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.””

— Ovid

“When he, whoever of the gods it was, had thus arranged in order and resolved that chaotic mass, and reduced it, thus resolved, to cosmic parts, he first moulded the Earth into the form of a mighty ball so that it might be of like form on every side … And, that no region might be without its own forms of animate life, the stars and divine forms occupied the floor of heaven, the sea fell to the shining fishes for their home, Earth received the beasts, and the mobile air the birds … Then Man was born:… though all other animals are prone, and fix their gaze upon the earth, he gave to Man an uplifted face and bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to heaven.””

— Ovid

“God himself helps those who dare.””

— Ovid