“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”

— Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 91–92

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.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”