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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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This letter gives me a tongue and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]
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We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for another.]
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All-devouring time, envious age, Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees, Worn by your teeth, all things will lingering die.
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I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in venom--not a letter of mine is dipped in poisonous jest.
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Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
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Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]
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Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.
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Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral. [Lat., Ultima semper Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]
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Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
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Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
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We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]
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The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]
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