“Let love steal in disguised as friendship.”

— Ovid, Ars Amatoria, I, 720; tr. J. Lewis May

About Ovid

Roman poet, author of the 'Metamorphoses' and 'Tristia'.

“Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.”

“Time, in its stealthy gliding, cheats us all without our notice; nothing goes more swiftly than do the years.”

“Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.”

“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.”

“Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree.”

“Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”

“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”