Q0388

Ovid

A verified English rendering from the curated archive.

English

Resist the beginnings.
Thinker Ovid
School Roman Literary Thought
Source Remedia Amoris 94 (related proverbial form)
Theme Philosophy
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Source context

This English passage is associated with Remedia Amoris 94 (related proverbial form), within the tradition of Roman Literary Thought. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of philosophy, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Ovid's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

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Chicago: Ovid. “Resist the beginnings..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0388.

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