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If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Ovid

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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
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Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
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The act is judged of by the event.
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Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.
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The gods favor the bold.
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Sleep, thou repose of all things sleep, thou gentlest of the deities thou peace of the mind, from which care flies who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor.
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That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
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The mind alone can not be exiled. [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]
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Take rest a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping grief finds in tears both a satisfaction and a cure.
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Chaste is she whom no one has asked.
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O fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness?
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See that you promise: what harm is there in promise? In promises anyone can be rich.
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Suppressed pain chokes us in our breasts It surges, adding ever to its strength.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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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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A thousand ills require a thousand cures.
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If you have a voice, sing but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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