Who said "Literature is the conversation across centuries."?

This quote is attributed to Ovid.

Literature is the conversation across centuries. - Ovid

"Literature is the conversation across centuries."

Ovid Literature

Poet Roman 43–17

"If you wish to be loved, love."

"The good time to leave is when you still want to."

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."

"Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can happen without a cause."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."