Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) ( 10 of 40 )
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
