Habits change into character.
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More Ovid Quotes
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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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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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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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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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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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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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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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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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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