Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.
[Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]
What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]
What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.
[Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]
