He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
OVIDI 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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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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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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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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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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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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