I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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.
More Ovid Quotes
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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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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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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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You will go most safely by the middle way.
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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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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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Hurry to your goal together. That is full bliss when man and woman lie equally conquered.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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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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