Top 500 Ovid Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man’s acts are not worth the expense.”

— Ovid

402. “It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.”

— Ovid

403. “The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.”

— Ovid

404. “The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.”

— Ovid

405. “Leave war to others; ‘tis Protesilaus’ part of love.”

— Ovid

406. “A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.”

— Ovid

407. “To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.”

— Ovid

408. “You put aside the work that’s done, and seek some work to do.”

— Ovid

409. “Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.”

— Ovid

410. “Happy the man who can count his sufferings.”

— Ovid

411. “A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years.”

— Ovid

412. “Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.”

— Ovid

413. “Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.”

— Ovid

414. “Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.”

— Ovid

415. “Thence are we a hardy generation, and able to endure fatigue, and we give proofs from what original we are sprung.”

— Ovid

416. “A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.”

— Ovid

417. “Love is a believing creature.”

— Ovid

418. “This victory will be your I ruin.”

— Ovid

419. “Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.”

— Ovid

420. “A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn.”

— Ovid

421. “The rest night knows, and we, and the tower that sees, and the light that showed me a path through the sea.”

— Ovid

422. “Pure women are only those who have not been asked.”

— Ovid

423. “The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.”

— Ovid

424. “He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.”

— Ovid

425. “Our neighbour’s crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own.”

— Ovid

426. “That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.”

— Ovid

427. “Siqua metu dempto casta est, ea denique casta est; quae, quia non liceat, non facit, illa facit.”

— Ovid

428. “In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.”

— Ovid

429. “A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.”

— Ovid

430. “While I speak, time flies.”

— Ovid

431. “Trivial losses often prove great gains.”

— Ovid

432. “Destroy our leisure and you break love’s bow.”

— Ovid

433. “The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains.”

— Ovid

434. “Time gliding by without our knowledge cheats us, and nothing can be swifter than the years.”

— Ovid

435. “Perhaps you think that there are sacred groves and cities of the gods along the way, temples displaying all the gifts of wealth? Not so: your path is full of lurking perils as well as images of savage beasts. “And if you hold this course unswervingly, you’ll find the horns of Taurus in your way, 110 the Archer and the gaping jaws of Leo, and Scorpio, whose long and curving arms sweep one way, while the curving arms of Cancer sweep broadly in the opposite direction.”

— Ovid

436. “Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!”

— Ovid

437. “She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above.”

— Ovid

438. “Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.”

— Ovid

439. “Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.”

— Ovid

440. “The love of fame puts spurs to the mind.”

— Ovid

441. “A bitter drug oft brings relief.”

— Ovid

442. “Todas las grandes riquezas que posees se encuentran ahora reducidas al espacio que tu cuerpo.”

— Ovid

443. “It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.”

— Ovid

444. “In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.”

— Ovid

445. “He who says o’er much I love not is in love.”

— Ovid

446. “Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.”

— Ovid

447. “The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.”

— Ovid

448. “The judge’s duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.”

— Ovid

449. “Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.”

— Ovid

450. “She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.”

— Ovid