The gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. Every month as it wanes bring you nearer to something dreadful. Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.Oscar Wilde
About This Quote
In this quote, Ovid tells us that there is a time limit to how long we can live. We cannot live forever, so we must embrace the time we have and do everything we can to make the best out of it. When our youth goes, our beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. Every month as it wanes bring you nearer to something dreadful.
Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses." In this quote he is saying "Time is jealous of you" as in our bloom fades as does our physical beauty. Ovid speaks of times when he was an old man and how he was not attractive anymore to women as his beauty faded.
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