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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

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Publius Ovidius Naso
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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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When you have set yourself a task finish it.
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Tempus edax rerum. Time the devourer of everything.
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Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.
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A pleasing countenance is no light advantage.
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It is some relief to weep grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
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You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]
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