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Fortune Quote by Ovid

“Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.” quote by Ovid — Download Open image

“Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.”

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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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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

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Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.

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

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A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]

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Time is generally the best doctor.

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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.

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I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love.

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

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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.

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Judgement of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark.

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