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OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO) Roman poet (43 BC - c. 17 AD)   CHECK READING LIST (2)    << Prev Page    Displaying page 14 of 17    Next Page >>  Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,   And each by turns his aching heart assails.       - Metamorphoses          (bk. III, Transformation of Actoeon, l. 73),         (Addison's translation) [Shame] And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty.   [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]       - Metamorphoses (bk. IV, 284) [Novelty] Those graceful groves that shade the plain,   Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main,     And flattens, as he runs, the fair campagne.       - Metamorphoses          (bk. XIV, Aeneas Arrives in Italy, l. 8),         (Sir Samuel Garth's translation)         [Tiber River] Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,   As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.       - Metamorphoses (bk. XV, l. 155),         (Dryden's translation) [Habit] Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.       - Metamorphoses (I) [Mountains] Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.   [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]       - Metamorphoses (I, 140) [Wealth] We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude.   [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]       - Metamorphoses (I, 355) [Future] Agreeing to differ.   [Lat., Discors concordia.]       - Metamorphoses (I, 433) [Argument] Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.   [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]       - Metamorphoses (I, 523) [Love] God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.   [Lat., Os homini sublime dedit coelumque tueri     Jussit; et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.]       - Metamorphoses (I, 85) [Man] Habit had made the custom.   [Lat., Morem fecerat usus.]       - Metamorphoses (II, 345) [Habit] Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!   [Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]       - Metamorphoses (II, 447) [Guilt : Proverbs] Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together.   [Lat., Non bene conveniunt, nec in una sede morantur,     Majestas et amor.]       - Metamorphoses (II, 846) [Love] Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral.   [Lat., Ultima semper     Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus       Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]       - Metamorphoses (III, 135) [Death] Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death.   [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.]       - Metamorphoses (III, 471) [Death] A spirit superior to every weapon.   [Lat., Teloque animus praestantior omni.]       - Metamorphoses (III, 54) [Spirit] To wish for death is a coward's part.   [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]       - Metamorphoses (IV, 115) [Cowards] The cause is hidden, but the result is known.   [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]       - Metamorphoses (IV, 287) [Cause] It is lawful to be taught by an enemy.   [Lat., Fas est ab hoste doceri.]       - Metamorphoses (IV, 428) [Teaching] The gods have their own laws.   [Lat., Sunt superis sua jura.]       - Metamorphoses (IX, 499) [Law] You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must.   [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]       - Metamorphoses (IX, 509) [Conquest] A pious fraud.   [Lat., Pia fraus.]       - Metamorphoses (IX, 711) [Deceit] As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves.   [Lat., Ut solet accipiter trepidas agitare columbas.]       - Metamorphoses (V, 606) [Doves] Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men.   [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae,     Noctis habent.]       - Metamorphoses (VI, 472) [Mind] If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.   [Lat., Si possem sanior essem.     Sed trahit invitam nova vis; aliudque Cupido,       Mens aliud.]       - Metamorphoses (VII, 18) [Influence] Displaying page 14 of 17 for this author:   << Prev  Next >>  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [14] 15 16 17 The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 10 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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