Quote

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Ovid

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ovid
Author
Elegist
Mythographer
Poet
Writer
Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Reward
Slow
Rewards
Leadership
Leader
Ruler
Vision
Swift
Punish
Rulers

More quotes by Ovid

Image
It's right to learn, even from the enemy.
Ovid
Image
Every delay that postpones our joys, is long. [Lat., Longa mora est nobis omnis, quae gaudia differt.]
Ovid
Image
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
Ovid
Image
Habit had made the custom.
Ovid
Image
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]
Ovid
Image
There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. [Lat., Est deus in nobis et sunt commercia coeli.]
Ovid
Image
Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.
Ovid
Image
Women can always be caught that's the first rule of the game.
Ovid
Image
If the art is concealed, it succeeds.
Ovid
Image
Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.
Ovid
Image
Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.
Ovid
Image
Even pleasure cloys without variety.
Ovid
Image
Love is a kind of warfare.
Ovid
Image
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
Ovid
Image
Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
Ovid
Image
When a rose dies, a thorn is left behind.
Ovid
Image
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Ovid
Image
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Ovid
Image
Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty.
Ovid
Image
As God is propitiated by the blood of a hundred bulls, so also is he by the smallest offering of incense. [Lat., Sed tamen ut fuso taurorum sanguine centum, Sic capitur minimo thuris honore deux.]
Ovid