Quotes by Roman/Rome authors (page 13)

"The heavier crop is ever in others' fields"

Ovid, Poet

"The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late"

Ovid, Poet

"The gods behold all righteous actions"

Ovid, Poet

"The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all"

Ovid, Poet

"The burden which is well borne becomes light"

Ovid, Poet

"Tears at times have the weight of speech"

Ovid, Poet

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

Ovid, Poet

"Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear"

Ovid, Poet

"Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward"

Ovid, Poet

"Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it"

Ovid, Poet

"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them"

Ovid, Poet

"Make the workmanship surpass the materials"

Ovid, Poet

"Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place"

Ovid, Poet

"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish"

Ovid, Poet

"Love is full of anxious fears"

Ovid, Poet

"Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears"

Ovid, Poet

"Love is a kind of warfare"

Ovid, Poet

"It is annoying to be honest to no purpose"

Ovid, Poet

"In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are"

Ovid, Poet

"In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent"

Ovid, Poet

"If you want to be loved, be lovable"

Ovid, Poet

"I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement"

Ovid, Poet

"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man"

Ovid, Poet

"He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed"

Ovid, Poet

"He who would not be idle, let him fall in love"

Ovid, Poet

"Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned"

Ovid, Poet

"Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish"

Ovid, Poet

"Every lover is a soldier"

Ovid, Poet

"Envy aims very high"

Ovid, Poet

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

Ovid, Poet

"Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay"

Ovid, Poet

"Daring is not safe against daring men"

Ovid, Poet

"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"

Ovid, Poet

"Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body"

Ovid, Poet

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

Ovid, Poet

"Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair"

Ovid, Poet

"Beauty is a fragile gift"

Ovid, Poet

"Bear patiently with a rival"

Ovid, Poet

"Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good"

Ovid, Poet

"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time"

Ovid, Poet

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Quotes by Roman authors