Ovid

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

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What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

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The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.

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When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.

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“Only she is chaste whom none has invited”

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Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.

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Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.

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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

— Ovid

“Non inpune feres neque'' ait ''reddere Canenti, laesaque quid faciat, quid amans, quid femina disces rebus'' ait ''sed amans et laesa et…

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Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

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Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.

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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]

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A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love…

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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

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It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other…

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When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.

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“I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.”

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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!

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Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant.]

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It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

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Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

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It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.

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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

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It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.

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Pursuits become habits. [Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]

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

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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

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

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

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The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.

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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

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

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In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

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

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“You will go most safely by the middle way.”

— Ovid