Ovid

Tempus fugit (time flies).

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Giving calls for genius.

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The act is judged of by the event.

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“Darkness makes any woman fair.”

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A bitter drug oft brings relief.

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What ignorance there is in human minds.

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Trivial losses often prove great gains.

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A short absence is the safest.

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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

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Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent.

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Giving requires good sense. [Lat., Rest est ingeniosa dare.]

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Envy depreciates the genius of the great Homer.

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It's right to learn, even from the enemy.

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Let the man who does not wish to be idle, fall in love.

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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

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“you put too much faith in the power of the gods, if you think they can give and take away the shape…

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Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.

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Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

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For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.

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What is harder than stone? What more soft than water? Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.

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I attempt a difficult work; but there is no excellence without difficulty. [Lat., Ardua molimur; sed nulla nisi ardua virtus.]

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There is a god within us, and the heavens Have intercourse with earth; from realms above That spirit comes.

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Nothing aids which may not also injure us. Fire serves us well, but he who plots to burn His neighbor's roof arms…

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“For such a career I lacked both endurance and inclination: the stress of ambition left me cold, while the Muse, the creative…

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“Their useless torches on dry hedges throw, That catch the flames, and kindle all the row; So burns the God, consuming in…

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Skilled in every trick, a worthy heir of his paternal craft, he would make black look like white, and white look black.…

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Those dreams are true which we have in the morning, as the lamp begins to flicker. [Lat., Namque sub Aurora jam dormitante…

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Ah me! how easy it is (how much all have experienced it) to indulge in brave words in another person's trouble. [Lat.,…

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Time itself flows on with constant motion, just like a river: for no more than a river can the fleeting hour stand…

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The god we now behold with opened eyes, A herd of spotted panthers round him lies In glaring forms; the grapy clusters…

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I would that you were either less beautiful, or less corrupt. Such perfect beauty does not suit such imperfect morals. [Lat., Aut…

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The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

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The gods have their own rules.

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Neglect of appearance becomes men.

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All things can corrupt perverse minds.

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A pleasing face is no small advantage.

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Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.

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God himself helps those who dare.

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Idleness ruins the constitution

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