Creative Quotations from Ovid (43BC-17AD)

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Ovid
(43BC-17AD) born on Mar 20

Roman poet. He was noted for his witty and cosmopolitan legends about the history of the world in "Metamorphoses," (15 vols).

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Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Book II, Art of Love."
R:	"Metamorphoses'
A:	In "Pearls of Wisdom," ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze, 1987.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.