39 Ovid Quotes on Love (METAMORPHOSES)

Top 12 Most Famous Ovid Quotes (BEST)

Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you. — Be **patient** and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. — **Happy** is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

One should learn even from one's enemies. — One should learn even from one’s enemies.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. — **Courage** conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words. — I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I **loved**; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. — **Happy** are those who dare **courageously** to defend what they **love**.

Nothing is stronger than habit. — Nothing is stronger than **habit**.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers. — **Fortune** resists half-hearted prayers.

27 Inspirational Ovid Quotes About Life and Love (ROMAN POET)

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

Everything changes, nothing perishes. — Everything **changes**, nothing perishes.

If you would be loved, be lovable. — If you would be **loved**, be lovable.

Love is the force that leaves you colorless. — **Love** is the force that leaves you colorless.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together. — **Dignity** and **love** do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. — At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The **wise** do everything in its proper **time**.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish. — Everyone wishes that the man whom he **fears** would perish.

I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes. — It’s a **kindness** that the mind can go where it wishes.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality. — Enhance and intensify one’s **vision** of that synthesis of **truth** and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. — **Wine** gives **courage** and makes men more apt for **passion**.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

Habits change into character. — **Habits** change into **character**.

There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.

Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.

A burden which is done well becomes light.

What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.

Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude. — People are slow to claim **confidence** in undertakings of magnitude.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it. — Medicine sometimes snatches away **health**, sometimes gives it.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.

Ovid Short Biography

Born on 20 March 43 BC in Sulmo, Roman Empire, Publius Ovidius Naso, more commonly known as Ovid was a poet who was known for his works Ars Amatoria and Metamorphoses.

Ovid was sent to Rome to be educated and found his fondness for writing there. After some traveling and work for some judicial posts he decided to cultivate a career in poetry instead, a talent that came naturally to him.

His first work Amores is a series of poems addressed to a lover named Corinna. In AD 8 Ovid completed Metamorphoses, which is considered to be his magnum opus. Metamorphoses is an epic poem with 250 myths, written in 15 books. Ovid wrote about the history of the world and the transformations that occur over time.

Ovid was exiled in AD 8 by Emperor Augustus. Some historians believe he may have been banished due to the content of his work that contradicted the rules and laws employed by the Emperor. During this time, he wrote two collections of poems that depicted his sadness and isolation, these were entitled Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto.

Ovid’s work has inspired many popular writers who followed after him such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Dante Alighieri, and William Shakespeare.

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