# Quote — Ovid, Heroides

> The end proves the acts (were done), or the result is a test of the actions; Ovid's line 85 full translation: “The event proves well the wisdom of her [Phyllis'] course.”

- Author: [Ovid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid.md)
- Book: [Heroides](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid/heroides.md)
- Original (la): Exitus acta probat.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ovid#Heroides_(The_Heroines)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ovid/heroides/the-end-proves

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