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OvidOvid Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
OvidOvid Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
OvidOvid Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
OvidOvid My vengeance is my guilt.
OvidOvid Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
OvidOvid Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
OvidOvid The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
OvidOvid Tears at times have the weight of speech.
OvidOvid There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
OvidOvid Beauty is a fragile gift.
OvidOvid He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
OvidOvid The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
OvidOvid A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
OvidOvid Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
OvidOvid Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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