A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
OVIDThe man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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I am dragged along by a strange new force. Desire and reason are pulling in different directions. I see the right way and approve it, but follow the wrong.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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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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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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Little things please little minds.
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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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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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