We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
OVIDIf any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Habits change into character.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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First appearance deceives many.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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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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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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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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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.
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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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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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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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