The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
OVIDWe are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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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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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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Time the devourer of all things.
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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.
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Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
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There is a certain pleasure in weeping.
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
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First appearance deceives many.
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.
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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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And besides, we lovers fear everything.
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Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.
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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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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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Tears at times have the weight of speech.
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Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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It’s right to learn, even from the enemy.
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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
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