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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
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If he did not succeed, he at least failed in a glorious undertaking.
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Put faith in one who's had experience.
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My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to approach the place of danger.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I shall speak facts but some will say I deal in fiction.
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Pursuits become habits.
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Venus favors the bold.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Take this at least, this last advice, my son: Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on: The coursers of themselves will run too fast, Your art must be to moderate their haste.
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