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
prone
All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
relaxation periods endure
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
promise rich
Anyone can be rich in promises.
learning enemy
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
divinity breasts
There is a divinity within our breast.
giver acceptable
Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver makes precious. [Lat., Acceptissima semper munera sunt auctor quae pretiosa facit.]
deeds crime absent
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]
facts fiction speak
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
nymphs echoes babbling
That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.
venus and-love kind
Venus is kind to creatures as young as we;We know not what we do, and while we're youngWe have the right to live and love like gods.
delight ancient born
Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.
merit action praise
Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.
departed no-friends barns
Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth. [Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.]
stones rolling action
Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling. [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]