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They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]

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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
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Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest. [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae nisi mortis imago? Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.]
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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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The end doesn't justify the means.
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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
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It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]
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Take rest a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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Sleep, rest of things, O pleasing Deity, Peace of the soul, which cares dost crucify, Weary bodies refresh and mollify.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
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Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
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Love is too prone to trust. Would I could think My charges false and all too rashly made.
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