Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Ovid
Author
Elegist
Mythographer
Poet
Writer
Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Time
State
Abides
Like
Away
Gliding
World
States
Passes
Nothing
River
Whole
Rivers
Even
Constantly
Every
Flow
Things
Shadow

More quotes by Ovid

Image
Time is generally the best doctor.
Ovid
Image
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
Ovid
Image
They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]
Ovid
Image
Fair peace becomes men ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]
Ovid
Image
Everything changes, nothing is lost.
Ovid
Image
Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative
Ovid
Image
A woman is a creature that's always shopping.
Ovid
Image
Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase. [Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]
Ovid
Image
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
Ovid
Image
There is no small pleasure in pure water.
Ovid
Image
By constant dripping, water hollows stone, A signet-ring from use alone grows thin, And the curved plowshare by soft earth is worn.
Ovid
Image
Every woman thinks herself attractive even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.
Ovid
Image
Giving requires good sense. [Lat., Rest est ingeniosa dare.]
Ovid
Image
It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
Ovid
Image
The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.
Ovid
Image
The mind is sicker than the sick body in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra malique In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]
Ovid
Image
The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumor.
Ovid
Image
Let others praise ancient times I am glad I was born in these.
Ovid
Image
Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
Ovid
Image
It is good to be taught even by an enemy
Ovid