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.
OVIDI 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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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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