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
cant-live-without-you without-you i-can
I can't live without you or with you.
praise
I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.
things-change lost
Everything changes, nothing is lost.
sleep mind tranquility
Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind....
rose left-behind behinds
When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.
skills luck demand
Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.
time feet rapids
We must improve our time; time goes with rapid foot.
storm danger bark
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.
kindness long thanks
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
novelty charming all-things
Novelty in all things is charming.
trifles
Out of many things a great heap will be formed. [Lat., De multis grandis acervus erit.]
pleasure variety
Even pleasure cloys without variety.
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!]
lacking commendable willingness
Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.