Publius Ovidius Naso (Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs ɔˈwɪdiʊs ˈnaːso(ː)]; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( OV-id), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of...
Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance,
And toss them on the wheels of Chance.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
You must make a choice, to take a chance, or your life will never change.
—Jay McLean in Where the Road Takes Me