In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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More Ovid Quotes
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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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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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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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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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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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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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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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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