Ovid
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Biography
Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature.
"Art lies by its own artifice."
"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."
"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."
"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
"Fortune and love favor the brave."
"Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence."
"Fas est ab hoste doceri.One should learn even from one's enemies."
"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."
"I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words."
"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"- "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses"
"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."
"The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all."
"Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish."
"Res est solliciti plena timoris amor."
"Iam seges est ubi Troia fuit."
"Tarde quae credita laedunt credimus."
"Abeunt studia in mores."
"Di pia facta vident."
"Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit"
"Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet!"
"Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferunt."
"Quod licet ingratum est. Quod non licet acrius urit."
"Cui peccare licet, peccat minus."
"Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata."
"Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum."