Publius Ovidius Naso idézet

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„Dicsérjék mások az ókort; Örülök, hogy én ebben a korban születtem.”

„Mindig dobja el a csalit; mert abban a tóban, ahol legkevésbé számít majd rá, halak lesznek.”
Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.

„A csöpögő víz nem erővel, hanem kitartással üregezi a követ.”

„Légy türelmes és kemény; egyszer ez a fájdalom hasznos lesz számodra.”
Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.

„Pihenjetek; a kipihent föld szép termést ad.”

„A végkifejlet a tettet igazolja.”

„Szerencsés házasság egyenlő felfogású és szellemű felek között jön létre”

„Óvjad a törvényt, s majd szelleme téged is óv.”

„nem gyógyul a seb sehogyan sem;”

„Se veled se nélküled nem tudok élni.”

„A költészet észből és a békéből szövődik.”

„Ellenállni a megbocsájtásnak: a recept túl későn érkezik a betegség enyhitésére.”

„Míg a szerencséd kísér, nagyszámú a barátod; ám hogy az ég beborul, elmenekülnek azok.”

„Szivben a’ szeretet szokás által telik,
Ugyan azon által hamar-is el-múlik.”

„Szabad az ellenségtől is tanulni.”

„Ha bárki is haszontalan akar lenni, hagyd őt szerelembe esni.”

„Szerelem behódol az elfoglaltságnak. Ha ki szeretnél lépni a szerelemből, foglald el magad és akkor biztonságban leszel.”

„Jékely Zoltán: Keresztút – Válogatott műfordítások.”

„Átváltozások (Metamorphoses), I. 190–191.”

„Éltet a hit s a remény, mely olykor teljesülést nyer,
S míg csak vágysz, hiszed is, teljesülése közel.
Rosszabb már, amidőn nem látunk semmi menekvést,
tudjuk, semmi remény s vesztünk már bizonyos.
Olykor a túlzott gond nem használ, árt csak a sebnek,
s jobb lett volna bizony meg se tapintani azt.”

„nem gyógyul a seb sehogyan sem;
hát kard messe ki most, hogy az ép rész meg ne romoljon.”

„Minden dolog változik; semmi sem vész el.”

„Az igazi barátság lényege, hogy elnézzük a másik kis hibáit.”

“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.”

“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”

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

“Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor illis.

(In this place I am a barbarian, because men do not understand me.)”

“Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.”

“All right, boy, skewer me. I've dropped my defenses,
I'm an easy victim. Why, by now
Your arrows practically know their own way to the target
And feel less at home in their quiver than in me.”

“Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.”

“or that writing a poem you can read to no one
is like dancing in the dark.”

“Nitimur in vetitum" -- "We strive after the forbidden”

“Someday this pain will be useful to you”

“It is right to learn even from an enemy.”

“My soul would sing of metamorphoses.
But since, o gods, you were the source of these
bodies becoming other bodies, breathe
your breath into my book of changes: may
the song I sing be seamless as its way
weaves from the world's beginning to our day.”

“Say that I live, but in such wise that I would not live.”
Vivere me dices, sed sic ut vivere nolim

“Let love steal in disguised as friendship.”
Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor.

“The workmanship excelled the materials.”
Materiam superabat opus

“Now are fields of corn where Troy once stood.”
Iam seges est ubi Troia fuit.

“We all conceal
A god within us, we all deal
With heaven direct, from whose high places we derive
The inspiration by which we live.”
Est deus in nobis, et sunt commercia caeli: Sedibus aetheriis spiritus ille venit.

“I see better things, and approve, but I follow worse.”
Video meliora, proboque, deteriora sequor.

“Nor can one easily find among many thousands a single man who considers virtue its own reward. The very glory of a good deed, if it lacks reward, affects them not; unrewarded uprightness brings them regret. Nothing but profit is prized.”
Nec facile invenias multis in milibus unum, virtutem pretium qui putet esse sui. ipse decor, recte facti si praemia desint, non movet, et gratis paenitet esse probum. nil nisi quod prodest carum est.

“Gay was oft my song when I was gay, sad it is now that I am sad.”
Laeta fere laetus cecini, cano tristia tristis.

“Drops of water hollow out a stone.”
Gutta cavat lapidem

“So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.”
Donec eris sospes, multos numerabis amicos: tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.

“You will be safest in the middle.”
Medio tutissimus ibis.

“If she's cool and unwilling to be wooed,
Just take it, don't weaken; in time she'll soften her mood.
Bending a bough the right way, gently, makes
It easy; use brute force, and it breaks.
With swimming rivers it's the same—
Go with, not against, the current.”
Si nec blanda satis, nec erit tibi comis amanti, Perfer et obdura: postmodo mitis erit. Flectitur obsequio curvatus ab arbore ramus: Frangis, si vires experiere tuas. Obsequio tranantur aquae: nec vincere possis Flumina, si contra, quam rapit unda, nates.

“Though strength be lacking, yet the will is to be praised.”
Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.

“Young love is errant, but it needs to get around;
The time and practice make it strong and sound.
That bull you fear, you petted when it wasn't big;
What now you sleep beneath was once a twig.
That little stream, in gaining waters as it goes,
Grows stronger, till at last a river flows.”
Dum novus errat amor, vires sibi colligat usu: Si bene nutrieris, tempore firmus erit. Quem taurum metuis, vitulum mulcere solebas: Sub qua nunc recubas arbore, virga fuit: Nascitur exiguus, sed opes adquirit eundo, Quaque venit, multas accipit amnis aquas.

“Love yields to business. If you seek a way out of love, be busy; you'll be safe then.”
Qui finem quaeris amoris, Cedit amor rebus; res age, tutus eris.

“Who is allowed to sin, sins less.”
Cui peccare licet, peccat minus.

“Resist beginnings; the remedy comes too late when the disease has gained strength by long delays.”
Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.