It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
OVIDA 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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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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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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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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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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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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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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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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Sometimes tears carry the same weight as words.
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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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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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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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