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
motivational rocks water
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
military today tomorrow
He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.
adversity commitment fire
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
deeds results justify
The result justifies the deed.
flower rose produce
Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
boredom fats feds
Love fed fat soon turns to boredom.
long rust talent
Great talents, by the rust of long disuse, Grow lethargic and shrink from what they were.
courage men venture
Happy the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
light
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light
passion muse cupid
When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.
change body intention
My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.
divinity breasts
There is a divinity within our breast.
change age movement
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
giver acceptable
Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.]