A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
OVIDThe spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
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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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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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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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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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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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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
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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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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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Love is the force that leaves you colorless.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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