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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
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All things human hang by a slender thread and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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The rest of the crowd were friends of my fortune, not of me. [Lat., Caetera fortunae, non mea, turba fuit.]
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Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered.
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Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.
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These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
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An injury may prove a blessing.
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I attempt an arduous task but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement
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You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.
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Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.
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The result proves the wisdom of the act.
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Love and dignity do not dwell together.
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The act is judged of by the event.
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Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.
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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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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative
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Nothing is so high and above all danger that is not below and in the power of God. [Lat., Nihil ita sublime est, supraque pericula tendit Non sit ut inferius suppositumque deo.]
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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We covet what is guarded the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.
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