What did Ovid mean by: Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished. Ovid Poet · Italy Copy
In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.] Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Ovid, Peace, War, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Honour, Love, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
Live without envy, spend your peaceful years Unknown to fame, and choose your peers for friends. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Contentment, Friendship, Humility, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
Out of many things a great heap will be formed. [Lat., De multis grandis acervus erit.] Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Accumulation, Diversity, Growth, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Autonomy, Intimacy, Perception, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
Knowest thou not that kings have long hands? [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?] Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Authority, Control, Power, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
In time the bull is brought to wear the yoke. [Lat., Tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri.] Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Ovid, Agriculture, Patience, Transformation, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature’s softened, and more gentle grows. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Ovid, Education, Humanity, Transformation, 0 Ovid Poet · Italy
Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death. Francois Fenelon Poet · France
Piety is the fermentation of the forming mind and the putrefaction of the disintegrating one. Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously. Maya Angelou Poet · USA
