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
play people kind
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
humor stronger habit
Nothing is stronger than habit.
remembers-everything lovers remember
Lovers remember everything. [Lat., Meminerunt omnia amantes.]
marriage men wife
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
beauty fragile
Beauty is a fragile gift.
relaxation periods endure
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
giving poet poor
I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
sorrow one-day bears
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
drinking ancient praise
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
safety absence
A short absence is the safest.
swim hook unlikely
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
wine wings worry
When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
opportunity use occasions
Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.
sleep wine insomnia
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.