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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

Ovid

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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
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Suppressed pain chokes us in our breasts It surges, adding ever to its strength.
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Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.]
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Giving calls for genius.
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Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
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