Ovid

"If you want to be loved, be lovable."

"If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love."

"Art lies by its own artifice."

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

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

"Love and dignity cannot share the same abode."

"Fortune and love favor the brave."

"Saepe creat molles aspera spina rosas"- "Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses"

"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."

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

"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."