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“How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand” quote by Ovid — Download Open image

“How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand”

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Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.

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Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.

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