Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
OVIDDignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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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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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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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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Time the devourer of all things.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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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.
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