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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More Ovid Quotes
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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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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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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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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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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First appearance deceives many.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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Venus is kind to creatures as young as we; We know not what we do, and while we’re young We have the right to live and love like gods.
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