The burden which is well borne becomes light.
OVIDI 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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Habits change into character.
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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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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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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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First appearance deceives many.
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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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All things change; nothing perishes.
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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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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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Love is a kind of warfare.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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