Quotes by 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?””

“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.””

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.””

“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.””

“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.””

“Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.””

“We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.””

“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.””

“Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.””

“God himself helps those who dare.””

“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.””

“If you would be loved, be lovable””