Ovid

This next person was another one of those people that lived a very long time ago, in ancient rome I believe. Apparently, Ovid was born on March 20th, 43 B.C.E. While in Rome, he wasnt very good in politics, which is what his father wanted him to do, but he was good at writing. He had a small group of followers that followed his writing. At some point in about 8 or 9 C.E Ovid was exiled from Rome, his writings were taken out of the country, due to his exile. He was taken to Romania to spend the last of his days, he explains in some letters that the exile was not all that bad, because he was overall a nice guy people tended to like him. Famous poets/writers were influenced by him were: Edmund Spenser, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. He died sometime in 18 C.E. But it is not for sure information.
The quote I have from this famous man is, "Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it." I would imagine this is true, because it is pretty much saying, when you fight for your integrity it means more to you then when it did when you just have it. I think alot of people think that way, most of the time abou war, or perhaps in the Saw series.
Today's word is, Scanty: MInimal or hardly sufficien.