The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
OVIDIt is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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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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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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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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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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