Quote

They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]

Ovid

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ovid
Author
Elegist
Mythographer
Poet
Writer
Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Seen
May
Come
Appearance

More quotes by Ovid

Image
There will grow from straws a mighty heap.
Ovid
Image
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Ovid
Image
The love of country is more powerful than reason itself.
Ovid
Image
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
Ovid
Image
There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .
Ovid
Image
God himself helps those who dare.
Ovid
Image
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
Ovid
Image
Tis not always in a physician's power to cure the sick at times the disease is stronger than trained art.
Ovid
Image
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Ovid
Image
The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
Ovid
Image
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.
Ovid
Image
Habit had made the custom.
Ovid
Image
You start in April and cross to the time of May One has you as it leaves, one as it comes Since the edges of these months are yours and defer To you, either of them suits your praises. The Circus continues and the theatre's lauded palm, Let this song, too, join the Circus spectacle.
Ovid
Image
Add little to little and there will be a big pile.
Ovid
Image
Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.
Ovid
Image
The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
Ovid
Image
There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always comes to mar our joys.
Ovid
Image
The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]
Ovid
Image
What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.
Ovid
Image
A soldier when aged is not appreciated the love of an old man sickens.
Ovid