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.
OVIDThere is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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We believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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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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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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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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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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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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