Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
OVIDVenus 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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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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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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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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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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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Not knowing what he sees, he adores the sight; That false face fools and fuels his delight.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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