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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
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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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Jupiter has no leisure to attend to little things.
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You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]
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Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
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There is no brotherhood between love and dignity, Nor can they share the same abode.
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Stop short of your appetite eat less than you are able.
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Love and dignity do not dwell together.
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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light
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No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
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Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
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The mind is sicker than the sick body in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra malique In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]
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That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne.
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There is no small pleasure in pure water.
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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. [Lat., Furtum ingeniosus ad omne, Qui facere assueret, patriae non degener artis, Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra.]
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That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
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Either attempt it not, or succeed.
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everything changes, nothing perishes
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Majesty and love do not well agree, nor do they live together.
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Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.
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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!
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