Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the mysteries of literary history, he was sent by Augustus into exile...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
trifles
Out of many things a great heap will be formed. [Lat., De multis grandis acervus erit.]
indulge-in brave trouble
Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat., Hei mihi, quam facile est (quamvis hic contigit omnes), Alterius lucta fortia verba loqui!]
lightning doe strikes
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
tasks
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
has-beens
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
melancholy solitary ifs
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
punishment suffering minus
It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
brave bravery favors
God himself favors the brave.
decay empires command
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
short-love love-is care
Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
yield dating romance
Whether they yield or refuse, it delights women to have been asked.
famous-love fighting love-is
Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.
envy cease
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
pleasant
Pleasant words are the food of love.