What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
OVIDOur native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
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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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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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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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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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Enhance and intensify one’s vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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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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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.
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There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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