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.
OVIDI 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.
More Ovid Quotes
-
-
Time is generally the best doctor.
OVID -
And besides, we lovers fear everything.
OVID -
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
OVID -
We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
OVID -
Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
OVID -
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
OVID -
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
OVID -
Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
OVID -
Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
OVID -
I can live neither with you, nor without you.
OVID -
People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
OVID -
First appearance deceives many.
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 -
He who can believe himself well, will be well.
OVID -
It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
OVID