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
hook pool
Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.
whether women
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
prone
All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
dare defend
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
hope
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]
remembers-everything lovers remember
Lovers remember everything. [Lat., Meminerunt omnia amantes.]
relaxation periods endure
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
sorrow one-day bears
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
safety absence
A short absence is the safest.
wine wings worry
When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
promise rich
Anyone can be rich in promises.
time doctors
Time is generally the best doctor.
learning enemy
You can learn from anyone even your enemy.
deeds results justify
The result justifies the deed.