Ovid
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. He enjoyed enormous popularity, but, in one of the mysteries of literary history, he was sent by Augustus into exile...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
names empty losing-friendship
Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.
years contentment may
May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends. [Lat., Vive sine invidia, mollesque inglorius annos Exige; amicitias et tibi junge pares.]
running horse night
Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night.
giving genius
Giving calls for genius.
generosity giver values
The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.
strong fall ruins
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
swim might foolish
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
death evil kind
An evil life is a kind of death.
envy feds hard
Love that is fed by jealousy dies hard.
love love-is warfare
Love is a kind of warfare.
fear psychology mind
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
fear blessing stealing
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.