The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
OVIDEndure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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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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First appearance deceives many.
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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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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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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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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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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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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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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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