We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
OvidRead
You who seek an end of love, love yields to business: be busy, and you will be safe.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Focusing on work can provide a distraction from the difficulties of love.
Ovid suggests that those who wish to escape the complexities and pains of love might find solace in immersing themselves in work. By prioritizing business and productivity, individuals can shield themselves from emotional vulnerabilities that come with love, highlighting a tension between romantic desires and practical responsibilities.
Themes
LoveBusinessDistractionWorkSafety
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech on balancing work and personal life, this quote could emphasize the need to focus on goals amidst complicated relationships.
More from Ovid
All quotes βAll things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
OvidRead
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
OvidRead
Fas est ab hoste doceri._x000D_ One should learn even from one's enemies.
OvidRead
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
OvidRead
The end doesn't justify the means.
OvidRead
Similar quotes
But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love.
Gabriel Garcia MarquezRead
My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart's destiny: Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other.
Yunus EmreRead
Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is willing to give, the hardships it is willing to endure, and the strength it is willing to spend. Love never thinks in terms of "how little," but always in terms of "how much." Love gives, love knows, and love lasts.
Joni Eareckson TadaRead
Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome? If not, you have no ability to give or experience compassion. That is the shocking truth.
Gary ZukavRead
Gentle lady, do not sing Sad songs about the end of love; Lay aside sadness and sing How love that passes is enough. Sing about the long deep sleep Of lovers that are dead, and how In the grave all love shall sleep: Love is aweary now.
James JoyceRead
Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
HafezRead