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Either attempt it not, or succeed.

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Ovid
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Publius Ovidius Naso
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This letter gives me a tongue and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]
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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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Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well.
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Destroy our leisure and you break love's bow.
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Truly now is the golden age the highest honour comes by means of gold by gold love is procured.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
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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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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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The result proves the wisdom of the act.
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We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. [Lat., Est deus in nobis et sunt commercia coeli.]
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Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.
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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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A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
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He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.
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It is some relief to weep grief is satisfied and carried off by tears.
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