"Casus ubique valet; semper tibi pendeat hamus Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit."
— Ars Amatoria

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
PoetryOvid
Original Language: English

Sources

Chance everywhere has power; ever let your hook be hanging; where you least believe it, there will be a fish in the stream. — Book III, line 425 (tr. J. H. Mozley) — See also: Lewis Copeland, ed. Popular Quotations for All Uses (1942), p. 67