All Ovid Quotes
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
Ovid
55% of people like this quote
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
Ovid
54% of people like this quote
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
Ovid
54% of people like this quote
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
Ovid
53% of people like this quote
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
Ovid
53% of people like this quote
Related authors