When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
OvidFor such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination:
the stress of ambition left me cold,
while the Muse, the creative spirit, was forever urging on me
that haven of leisure to which I'd always leaned.
The poets of those days I cultivated and cherished:
for me, bards were so many gods.
My purpose is to tell of bodies that have been changed into shapes of different kinds.
OvidI grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
OvidTags: birthday
Poetry comes fine spun from a mind at peace.
OvidPerfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim. (Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)
Ovidor that writing a poem you can read to no one
is like dancing in the dark.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
OvidFas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.
Tags: philosophy latin ancient
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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