911 Quotes by Ovid

The wit of man has devised cruel statutes, And nature oft permits what is by law forbid.

Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.

Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.

If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.

Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.