Публий Овидий Назон: Цитаты на английском языке

“Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.”

“The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.”
Causa latet, vis est notissima

“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”

“So I can't live either without you or with you.”
Sic ego nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum.

“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).”

“God himself helps those who dare.”

“As wave is driven by wave
And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead,
So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows,
Always, for ever and new. What was before
Is left behind; what never was is now;
And every passing moment is renewed.”

“Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.”
Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.

“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

“I 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.”

“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”
"Be patient and tough; one day this pain will be useful to you.”

“Fas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.”

“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.”

“I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.”

“Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.”

“We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.”
Nitimur in vetitum semper, cupimusque negata.

“Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.”

“I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.”