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Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

Ovid

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Ovid
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Elegist
Mythographer
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Publius Ovidius Naso
P. Ovidius Naso
Stream
Streams
Past
Time
Glides
Smoothly

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Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling. [Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]
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Destroy our leisure and you break love's bow.
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
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Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.
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The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
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The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]
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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]
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Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
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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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Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.
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Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.
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