Ovid
Metamorphoses
Sayings by Ovid
The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a man who has an excellent wife, but does not know how to enjoy her.
The wounds of love can only be cured by him who inflicted them.
Either do not attempt at all, or else accomplish.
My mind is fixed, I have no time for love.
The man who has experienced the most will be the wisest.
Happy is the man who has broken the chains of love, and has given up his heart to the gods.
The gods are on the side of the stronger.
He who is not afraid of death is immortal.
It is a fault to wish to be a faultless man.
Women are always asking for gifts.
It is convenient that there be gods, and since it is convenient, let us believe there are.
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you. / Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.
There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.
If you want to be loved, be lovable. / Ut ameris, amabilis esto.
You can learn from anyone even your enemy. / Fas est ab hoste doceri.
I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
As wave is driven by wave. And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead, So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows, Always, for ever and new. What was before. Is left behind; what never was is now; And every passing moment is renewed.