There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. - Ovid
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all. - Ovid
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. - Ovid
And he sets his mind to unknown arts - Ovid
Courage conquers all things. - Ovid
To be loved, be lovable. - Ovid
All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. - Ovid
Tears at times have all the weight of speech. - Ovid
Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together. - Ovid
Omnia mutantur; nihil interit - Ovid
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. - Ovid
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. - Ovid
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire. - Ovid
Time the devourer of all things. - Ovid
When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy. - Ovid
Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas" - "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses - Ovid
All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky. - Ovid
How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand. - Ovid
Nothing is stronger than habit. - Ovid
We can learn even from our enemies. - Ovid
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows. - Ovid
We two are to ourselves a crowd. - Ovid
Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark. - Ovid
Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis.(In this place I am a barbarian, because men do not understand me.) - Ovid
If you would marry suitably, marry your equal. - Ovid
So I can't live either without you or with you. - Ovid
Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name. - Ovid
There is a certain pleasure in weeping - Ovid
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. - Ovid
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. - Ovid
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. - Ovid
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words. - Ovid
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. - Ovid
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these - Ovid
The result justifies the deed. (Exitus acta probat) - Ovid
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. - Ovid
It is the mind that makes the man. - Ovid