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Ovid quotes

Roman Poet March 26, 2043 – January 7, 2017

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When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars. Ovid
For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination: the stress of ambition left me cold, while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on methat haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned. The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished: for me, bards were so many gods. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Habits change into character."
Habits change into character. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes..."
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward."
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward. Ovid
Ovid quote: "or that writing a poem you can read to no oneis like dancing..."
or that writing a poem you can read to no oneis like dancing in the dark. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body."
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. Ovid
Ovid quote: "All things change; nothing perishes."
All things change; nothing perishes. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Time, motion and wine cause sleep."
Time, motion and wine cause sleep. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing..."
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes). Ovid
Ovid quote: "Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your..."
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. Ovid
Ovid quote: "At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The..."
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is..."
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and..."
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Ovid
Ovid quote: "Poetry comes fine spun from a mind at peace."
Poetry comes fine spun from a mind at peace. Ovid

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