I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. Ovid More Quotes by Ovid More Quotes From Ovid Let the poor man mind his tongue Ovid tonguemindmen A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. Ovid empowering-othersvisionleadership The result justifies the deed. Ovid justifyresultsdeeds We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us. Ovid covetingstrivedesire We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us. Ovid life-changinginspirationdesire If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow. Ovid procrastinationtomorrowtoday Venus favors the bold. Ovid flirtationvenusfavors All things may corrupt when minds are prone to evil. Ovid evilmindmay Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes. Ovid ablewishlife Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name. Ovid realnamesfriendship Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Ovid ragegriefgrieving When the character's right, looks are a greater delight. Ovid delightcharacterlooks We are all bound thither; we are hastening to the same common goal. Black death calls all things under the sway of its laws. Ovid goallawdeath Wind feeds the fire, and wind extinguishes: Ovid flamesfirelove It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. Ovid faultssilencematter What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere. Ovid rocksmotivationallife What we call birth Ovid ceasebirthdeath Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know. Ovid streamsknowspast Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility. Ovid utilitymenart To give requires good sense. Ovid charityinspiringgiving
