Quote

Not for any one man's delight has Nature made the sun, the wind, the waters all are free.

Ovid

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ovid
Author
Elegist
Mythographer
Poet
Writer
Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Nature
Made
Men
Waters
Delight
Sun
Wind
Free
Water

More quotes by Ovid

Image
Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.
Ovid
Image
Tempus fugit (time flies).
Ovid
Image
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Ovid
Image
We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]
Ovid
Image
Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!
Ovid
Image
Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
Ovid
Image
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
Ovid
Image
The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]
Ovid
Image
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
Ovid
Image
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Ovid
Image
Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.
Ovid
Image
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Ovid
Image
Alluring pleasure is said to have softened the savage dispositions (of early mankind). [Lat., Blanda truces animos fertur mollisse voluptas.]
Ovid
Image
The end doesn't justify the means.
Ovid
Image
Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.
Ovid
Image
Ere land and sea and the all-covering sky Were made, in the whole world the countenance Of nature was the same, all one, well named Chaos, a raw and undivided mass, Naught but a lifeless bulk, with warring seeds Of ill-joined elements compressed together.
Ovid
Image
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!
Ovid
Image
Money nowadays is money money brings office money gains friends everywhere the poor man is down. [Lat., In pretio pretium nunc est dat census honores, Census amicitias pauper ubique jacet.]
Ovid
Image
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
Ovid
Image
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
Ovid