Ovid

Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing.

— Ovid

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

— Ovid

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.

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Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.

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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.

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Tempus edax rerum. Time that devours all things.

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“Now I am ready to tell how bodies are changed Into different bodies.”

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Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.

— Ovid

“Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight”

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Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

— Ovid

For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over…

— Ovid

There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds…

— Ovid

Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.

— Ovid

We are charmed by neatness: Let not your hair be out of order. [Lat., Munditiis capimur: non sine lege capilli.]

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Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expense

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There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]

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Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

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Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.

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I hate, and yet must love the thing I hate.

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The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.

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“He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.”

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A woman is a creature that's always shopping.

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It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.

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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

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Though strength be wanting, the will to action Merits praise.

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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

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The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.

— Ovid

“Aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet: video meliora proboque,deteriora sequor!”

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By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.

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The rose is often found near the nettle.

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Beauty is heaven's gift, and how few can boast of beauty.

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There will grow from straws a mighty heap.

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Pluck with quick hand the fruit that passes.

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In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

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What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.

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Nothing is more useful to man that those arts which have no utility.

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The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.

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Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

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Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.

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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

— Ovid