Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) ( 10 of 40 )
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of
the fair.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non read more
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
