“With patience bear what pains you have deserved, Grieve, if you will, over what's unmerited.” Quote by Ovid
“When worse may yet befall, there's room for prayer, But when our fortune's at its lowest ebb, We trample fear beneath our feet, and live Without a fear of evil yet to come.” MayEvilPrayerRoomsFeetFutureFortuneLowest Author:Ovid
“With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.” DoeStepsConstantFortuneFirmFixedFickleAbodeWaveringInconstancyAll Smiles Author:Ovid
“Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face.” FacesSunGoneShadowFortuneCloudsCrowdsPursueRaysObscureVeilsComradeFickle Author:Ovid
“Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.” GreaterSafetyIllMisfortunesNo Fear Author:Ovid
“He lives well who lives retired, and keeps His wants within the limits of his means.” WantWellsMeanLimitsModerationRetiredThrift Author:Ovid
“Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon's hand; Better that they were not touched at all.” HandsGrowsWoundsTouchedRestraintSurgeons Author:Ovid
“First try all other means, but if the wound Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean From the diseased the canker spread.” IfsTryingFirstsMeanUseCleanSpreadWoundsHealKnivesInfectionDiseased Author:Ovid
“Envy, slothful vice, Never makes its way in lofty characters, But, like the skulking viper, creeps and crawls Close to the ground.” WayCharacterVicesEnvyCreepsLoftyVipers Author:Ovid
“When a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.” LyingFallHouseWeaknessWeightStructureSpreadTinyVulnerabilityCracksStrain Author:Ovid
