Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
OVIDThe spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
More Ovid Quotes
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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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