Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
OVIDThe spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
More Ovid Quotes
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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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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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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Habits change into character.
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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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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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First appearance deceives many.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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