Quote #5
Qui finem quaeris amoris/Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.
More from Ovid
- Resist beginnings; the prescription comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.
- Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
- Exitus acta probat.
- So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.
- Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.
- It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
- Qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet!
- Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.