In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
OVIDThe sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?
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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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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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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Nothing is stronger than habit.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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First appearance deceives many.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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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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