I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement Ovid More Quotes by Ovid More Quotes From Ovid If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal. Ovid equal matrimony marriage She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above. Ovid wells matrimony husband For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May. Ovid common may believe We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion. Ovid medicine bears sweet The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. Ovid memorial gone needs Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot. Ovid murder plot law There is a certain pleasure in weeping; grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure. Ovid tears grief satisfaction Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. Ovid affliction unfortunate believe Most safely shall you tread the middle path. Ovid middle-path moderation path If the art is concealed, it succeeds. Ovid philosophy history art Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink. Ovid care wine mind The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. Ovid coward prayer fortune Art is most effective when concealed. Ovid concealed art-is art Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace. Ovid fine poetry mind From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed, His fruitful fields, nor in his pastures lowed, His whole estate within the waters lay' With lines and hooks he caught the finny prey; His art was all his livelehood, which he Thus with his dying lips bequeathed to me: In streams, my boy, and rivers take thy chance; There swims', said he, Thy whole inheritance. Ovid sea boys art The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report. Ovid rectitude conscious mind According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. Ovid deeds mind men The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal. Ovid penalties crime may He who says o'er much I love not is in love. Ovid It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist. Ovid philosophy believe art
