Tag: Ovid

Time, the devourer of all things

Ovid

I see better things, and approve, but I follow worse.

Ovid

Drops of water hollow out a stone.

Ovid

It is right to learn, even from the enemy.

Ovid

Nothing is stronger than habit.

Ovid

Either don’t try at all or make damned sure you succeed.

Ovid

Who is allowed to sin, sins less.

We take no pleasure in permitted joys.

But what’s forbidden is more keenly sought.

Ovid

There is a god within us.

It is when he stirs us that our bosom warms ; it is

his impulse that sows the seeds of inspiration.

Ovid

We’re slow to believe what wounds us.

Ovid

Love is a kind of warfare.

Ovid