Quote

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.

Ovid

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ovid
Author
Elegist
Mythographer
Poet
Writer
Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Guests
Admit
Ungracious
Dismiss
Guest

More quotes by Ovid

Image
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
Ovid
Image
That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.
Ovid
Image
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest.
Ovid
Image
A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.
Ovid
Image
The end doesn't justify the means.
Ovid
Image
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
Ovid
Image
The iron ring is worn out by constant use. [Lat., Ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu.]
Ovid
Image
If Jupiter should hurl a bolt whenever men sin, His armory would quickly be empty.
Ovid
Image
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Ovid
Image
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Ovid
Image
Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
Ovid
Image
Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
Ovid
Image
Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.
Ovid
Image
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
Ovid
Image
It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
Ovid
Image
A lover fears all that he believes.
Ovid
Image
Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.
Ovid
Image
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.
Ovid
Image
Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
Ovid
Image
It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
Ovid