He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
OVIDI am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Even as a cow she was lovely.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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My vengeance is my guilt.
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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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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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God himself helps those who dare.
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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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Love is the force that leaves you colorless.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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