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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
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Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!
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What is more useful than fire? Yet if any one prepares to burn a house, it is with fire that he arms his daring hands.
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The mind that's conscious of its rectitude, Laughs at the lies of rumor.
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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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When you have set yourself a task finish it.
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First try all other means, but if the wound Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean From the diseased the canker spread.
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To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.
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That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives.
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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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It is some relief to weep grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
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Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and knows not hom to move
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]
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I shall speak facts but some will say I deal in fiction.
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Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
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There will grow from straws a mighty heap.
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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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