Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
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More Ovid Quotes
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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First appearance deceives many.
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
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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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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.
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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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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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