People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
OVIDWe believe slowly when belief brings pain.
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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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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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All things change; nothing perishes.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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First appearance deceives many.
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By yielding you may obtain victory.
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The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
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