“Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.”
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Famous Ovid Quotes
“Every lover is a soldier. (Love is a warfare.) [Lat., Militat omnis amans.]”
“Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.”
Source: The Heroides: Or Epistles of the Heroines, The Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love and Minor Works of Ovid
Source: The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love
Source: The Art Of Love
“All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.”
Source: Ovid
“Love is the force that leaves you colorless”
Source: Metamorphoses: A New Translation
“Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered.”
Source: The Love Books of Ovid
“Love is a naked child: do you think he has pockets for money?”
Source: The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love