Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. Ovid More Quotes by Ovid More Quotes From 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 husbanddyingcomplaining Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. Ovid halfprayerfortune It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes. Ovid wishmindkindness It is not safe to despise what Love commands. He reigns supreme, and rules the mighty gods. Ovid reignsafelife A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage. Ovid agricultureexhaustedfields Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers. Ovid diseasemind Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. Ovid sicknessdiseasebody As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves. Ovid tremblingdovehawks It is good to be taught even by an enemy Ovid taughtenemy Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. Ovid ceaseenvy Often a silent face has voice and words. Ovid silentvoicefaces I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction. Ovid speakfactsfiction He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming. Ovid swimmingsealakes Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured. Ovid goldlove-ismean Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more Ovid maddesire We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us. Ovid covetingstrivedesire Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. Ovid ancestrybirth Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use. Ovid agedoorsbeauty Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty. Ovid boastbeautyheaven Great is the strife between beauty and modesty. Ovid strifemodestybeauty
