Ovid Quotes

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town.

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Delay is a great procuress.

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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

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Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish

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Fortune and love favour the brave.

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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

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To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.

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The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

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Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.

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Idleness ruins the constitution

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Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

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Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead.

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Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks. Author:

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