If you give up your quiet life, the bow of Cupid will lose its power. Ovid More Quotes by Ovid More Quotes From Ovid Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. Ovid medicinestrongevil That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. Ovid loadcheerfulnesslight We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have. Ovid thievescaremay Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt! Ovid betraydifficultguilt Habit had made the custom. Ovid customshabitmade The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal. Ovid scandalmindbelieve To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets. Ovid faultssilencesecret He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire. Ovid abledesireideas If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts. Ovid jupitersinmen Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. Ovid punishmentsinbears The least strength suffices to break what is bruised. Ovid bruisedbreakstrength By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows. Ovid faithfulstudyart Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways. Ovid dispositiontreatsway Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water. Ovid droppingstoneswater What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. Ovid pursueprogress Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy. Ovid praiseworthypowerwish Idleness ruins the constitution Ovid idlenessruinsconstitution If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another. Ovid self-loveunderstandingway The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. Ovid dutyjudgingfacts If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thine equal. Ovid equalmatrimonymarriage
