Ovid Quotes about Giving

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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.

Ovid

Giving, Poet, Poor

Ovid, G. P. Goold (1985). “The art of love, and other poems”

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.

Ovid

Giving, Victory, Crowns

The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.

Ovid

Giving, Cows, Fields

To give requires good sense.

Ovid

Inspiring, Giving, Charity

This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]

Ovid

Writing, Giving, Dumb