The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
OVIDBlemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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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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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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Death is less bitter punishment than death’s delay.
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It is the poor man who’ll ever count his flock.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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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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