Ovid Zitate

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„Tropfendes Wasser höhlt Steine aus, nicht durch Gewalt, sondern durch Ausdauer.“

„Lass deinen Haken immer werfen; Im Pool, wo man es am wenigsten erwartet, wird es Fische geben.“
Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.

„Laßt andere die alten Zeiten preisen; Ich bin froh, dass ich in diesen geboren wurde.“

„Solange Du glücklich bist, wirst Du viele Freunde haben. Wenn die Zeiten bewölkt sein werden, wirst Du allein sein.“

„Die Hoffnung ist es, die die Liebe nährt.“

„Wieviel Muscheln am Strand, soviel Schmerzen bietet die Liebe.“

„Gewähre Erholung; der Acker, der sich erholt, gibt reichlich, // Was er dir schuldet, zurück.“

„Rede dir ein, du liebst, wo du flüchtig begehrst. Glaub es dann selbst… Aufrichtig liebt, wem's gelang, sich selbst in Feuer zu sprechen.“

„Nichts ist mächtiger als die Gewohnheit.“

„Jupiter lacht aus der Höhe über die Meineide der Liebenden und läßt sie bedeutungslos im aeolischen Südwind verwehen.“

„Schönheit ist vergänglich, und wie mit den Jahren sie zunimmt, nimmt sie auch ab.“

„Alles verändert sich nur, nichts stirbt.“

„In der Mitte wirst du am sichersten gehen.“

„Der Tropfen höhlt den Stein.“

„Eine Gesinnung, die sich des Rechten bewusst ist, lacht über die Lügen des Gerüchts.“

„Hundert Gründe gibt es, weshalb ich immer verliebt bin.“

„Die Tat ist vergangen, die Denkmäler bleiben.“

„Keine Berechnung kann das Schicksal besiegen.“

„Vergeude keine Zeit mit Bitten!“

„Woher kommt dem Menschen so großer Hunger nach verbotenen Speisen?“

„Wir streben immer zum Verbotenen und begehren das, was uns versagt wird.“

„Auch wenn es dich empört: Das unerlaubte Vergnügen macht Spaß.“

„Der Fisch, der einmal vom Haken verletzt wurde, vermutet Haken in jedem Brot.“

„Es ist erlaubt, sich vom Feind belehren zu lassen.“

„Glücklich, wer, was er liebt, tapfer zu verteidigen wagt.“

„Was wagt der freche Amor nicht!“

„Was ohne Ruhepausen geschieht, ist nicht von Dauer.“

„Als Myrrha den Vater hörte, seufzte sie aus tiefstem Herzen.“

„Alter gibt Erfahrung.“

„Auch das Weinen bietet eine gewisse Lust.“

„Auch wenn die Kräfte fehlen, ist doch der [gute] Wille zu loben.“

„Aufgeregte Gemüter zittern vor Hoffnung und Furcht.“

„Das Bessere seh ich und lob ich, Schlechterem folget das Herz.“

„Hinterlistig strömt Amor in das arglose, unbewehrte Herz. Dem müßig Herumsitzenden pflegt dieser Knabe nachzustellen, die Tätigen verabscheut er.“

„Keusch ist, die niemand gefragt hat.“

„Süß ist's, die Zeit auf die Bearbeitung der Äcker zu verwenden.“

„Überall herrscht Zufall. Lass deine Angel nur hängen; wo du's am wenigsten glaubst, sitzt im Strudel der Fisch.“

„Um zu genesen, musst du viel Schmerzhaftes ertragen.“

“Ants never head for an empty granary:
no friends gather round when your wealth is gone.”
Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania numquam: nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.

“A creature of a more exalted kind
Was wanting yet, and then was Man designed;
Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast,
For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest.”
Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae Deerat adhuc et quod dominari in cetera posset: Natus homo est.

“Thus, while the mute creation downward bend
Their sight, and to their earthly mother tend,
Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes
Beholds his own hereditary skies.”
Pronaque quum spectent animalia cetera terram, Os homini sublime dedit, coelumque tueri Jussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.

“No fairer law in all the land
Than that death-dealers die by what they've planned.”
Neque enim lex aequior ulla est, Quam necis artifices arte perire sua.

“So art lies hid by its own artifice.”

“Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.”
Nocte latent mendae, vitioque ignoscitur omni, Horaque formosam quamlibet illa facit.

“It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are.”
Expedit esse deos, et, ut expedit, esse putemus.

“My son, I caution you to keep
The middle way, for if your pinions dip
Too low the waters may impede your flight;
And if they soar too high the sun may scorch them.
Fly midway.”
Insruit et natum: Medioque ut limite curras, Icare, ait, moneo. Ne, si demissior ibis, Unda gravet pennas; si celsior, ignis adurat. Inter utrumque vola.

“The gods have their own rules.”
Sunt superis sua iura

“We take no pleasure in permitted joys.
But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.”
Quod licet ingratum est. Quod non licet acrius urit.

“My name shall never be forgotten.”
Nomenque erit indelebile nostrum.

“Chaos, a rough and unordered mass.”
Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles.

“Shameful it is to say, yet the common herd, if only we admit the truth, value friendships by their profit.”
Turpe quidem dictu, sed, si modo vera fatemur, vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.

“Either don't try at all or make damned sure you succeed.”
Aut non rem temptes aut perfice.

“Seize Time; his swift foot can't be held.”
Utendum est aetate: cito pede labitur aetas.

“Jupiter from above laughs at lovers' perjuries.”
Iuppiter ex alto periuria ridet amantum.

“Our charms depart all on their own, so pluck the bloom.
For if you don't, it meets a wasted doom.”
Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona; carpite florem, Qui, nisi carptus erit, turpiter ipse cadet.

“They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.”
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae.

“Leave her alone. A fallow field soon shows its worth,
And rain is best absorbed by arid earth.”
Da requiem: requietus ager bene credita reddit

“Rage is for beasts, but shining peace for man.”
Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.

“Pointing to a pile of dust, that had collected, I foolishly begged to have as many anniversaries of my birth, as were represented by the dust. But I forgot to ask that the years should be accompanied by youth.”
Ego pulveris hausti ostendens cumulum, quot haberet corpora pulvis, tot mihi natales contingere vana rogavi; excidit, ut peterem iuvenes quoque protinus annos.

“Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.”
Adde quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes emollit mores nec sinit esse feros.

“No species remains constant: that great renovator of matter
Nature, endlessly fashions new forms from old: there’s nothing
in the whole universe that perishes, believe me; rather
it renews and varies its substance. What we describe as birth
is no more than incipient change from a prior state, while dying
is merely to quit it. Though the parts may be transported
hither and thither, the sum of all matter is constant.”
Nec species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix ex aliis alias reparat natura figuras: nec perit in toto quicquam, mihi credite, mundo, sed variat faciemque novat, nascique vocatur incipere esse aliud, quam quod fuit ante, morique desinere illud idem. cum sint huc forsitan illa, haec translata illuc, summa tamen omnia constant.

“And it is a smaller thing to suffer the punishment than to have deserved it.”
Estque pati poenam quam meruisse minus.

“Tis hard, I admit, yet virtue aims at what is hard, and gratitude for such a service will be all the greater.”
Difficile est, fateor, sed tendit in ardua virtus et talis meriti gratia maior erit.

“O mortals, from your fellows' blood abstain,
Nor taint your bodies with a food profane:
While corn, and pulse by Nature are bestow'd,
And planted orchards bend their willing load;
While labour'd gardens wholesom herbs produce,
And teeming vines afford their gen'rous juice;
Nor tardier fruits of cruder kind are lost,
But tam'd with fire, or mellow'd by the frost;
While kine to pails distended udders bring,
And bees their hony redolent of Spring;
While Earth not only can your needs supply,
But, lavish of her store, provides for luxury;
A guiltless feast administers with ease,
And without blood is prodigal to please.”
Parcite, mortales, dapibus temerare nefandis corpora! sunt fruges, sunt deducentia ramos pondere poma suo tumidaeque in vitibus uvae, sunt herbae dulces, sunt quae mitescere flamma mollirique queant; nec vobis lacteus umor eripitur, nec mella thymi redolentia florem: prodiga divitias alimentaque mitia tellus suggerit atque epulas sine caede et sanguine praebet.

“The greater a man is, the more can his wrath be appeased; a noble spirit is capable of kindly impulses. For the noble lion 'tis enough to have overthrown his enemy; the fight is at an end when his foe is fallen. But the wolf, the ignoble bears harry the dying and so with every beast of less nobility. At Troy what have we mightier than brave Achilles? But the tears of the aged Dardanian he could not endure.”
Quo quisque est maior, magis est placabilis irae, et faciles motus mens generosa capit. corpora magnanimo satis est prostrasse leoni, pugna suum finem, cum iacet hostis, habet: at lupus et turpes instant morientibus ursi et quaecumque minor nobilitate fera. maius apud Troiam forti quid habemus Achille? Dardanii lacrimas non tulit ille senis.

“Habit makes all things bearable.”
Quod male fers, adsuesce, feres bene.

“Then the omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.”
Tum pater omnipotens misso perfregit Olympum fulmine et excussit subiectae Pelion Ossae.