Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. Ovid View this quote
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. Ovid
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It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way. Ovid
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent. Ovid
It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist. Ovid
It is good to be taught even by an enemy. Ovid
It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art. Ovid
It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them. Ovid
It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. Ovid
It is the act of a coward to wish for death. Ovid
It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock. Ovid
Roman poet
March 20th, 0043 - November 30th, 0016