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.
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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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Little things please little minds.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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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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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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