We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us. Ovid More Quotes by Ovid More Quotes From Ovid Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer. Ovid depreciateenvygenius Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor. Ovid donorsregardacceptable Wherever I look there is nothing but the image of death. Ovid deathlooks Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon's hand; Ovid restraintgrowshands Our advantages fly away without aid. Pluck the flower. Ovid fly-awayfloweropportunity We are charmed by neatness: Let not your hair be out of order. Ovid charmedhairorder It is ill to marry in the month of May. Ovid marriagemonthsmay You will be safest in the middle. Ovid middle The end doesn't justify the means. Ovid endsinspirationalmean Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both. Ovid toilbodymind Happy the man who can count his sufferings. Ovid he-mansufferingmen God himself helps those who dare. Ovid self-helpdarehelping We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. Ovid hurtfeelingsbelieve It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight. Ovid landsightsea The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late. Ovid timepastthinking Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. Ovid leisurebowstemptation Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle. Ovid teachingmenart It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way. Ovid gratitudefellow-manmen The raven once in snowy plumes was drest, Ovid swansravenswhite Ere land and sea and the all-covering sky Were made, in the whole world the countenance Of nature was the same, all one, well named Chaos, a raw and undivided mass, Naught but a lifeless bulk, with warring seeds Of ill-joined elements compressed together. Ovid natureseascience
