Ovid

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The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
- Ovid
Collection: Cool
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First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
- Ovid
Collection: Morning
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
- Ovid
Collection: Courage
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
- Ovid
Collection: Love
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Time is generally the best doctor.
- Ovid
Collection: Best
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Time, the devourer of all things.
- Ovid
Collection: Time
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
- Ovid
Collection: Anger
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Bear patiently with a rival.
- Ovid
Collection: Patience
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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.
- Ovid
Collection: Death
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Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
- Ovid
Collection: Strength
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
- Ovid
Collection: Courage
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
- Ovid
Collection: Love
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Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
- Ovid
Collection: Hope
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Beauty is a fragile gift.
- Ovid
Collection: Beauty
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
- Ovid
Collection: Happiness
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Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
- Ovid
Collection: Medical
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First appearance deceives many.
- Ovid
Collection: Wisdom
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
- Ovid
Collection: Sympathy
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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.
- Ovid
Collection: Chance
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
- Ovid
Collection: Love
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
- Ovid
Collection: Strength
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Habits change into character.
- Ovid
Collection: Change
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
- Ovid
Collection: Hope
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
- Ovid
Collection: Anger
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Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
- Ovid
Collection: Fear
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Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.
- Ovid
Collection: Death
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
- Ovid
Collection: Chance
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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
- Ovid
Collection: Inspirational
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Idleness ruins the constitution
- Ovid
Collection: Ruins
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
- Ovid
Collection: Change
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Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.
- Ovid
Collection: Wake Up
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If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
- Ovid
Collection: Procrastination
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Love is no assignment for cowards.
- Ovid
Collection: Love
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
- Ovid
Collection: Motivational
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
- Ovid
Collection: Life
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The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.
- Ovid
Collection: Crowds
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Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.
- Ovid
Collection: Sweet
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There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.
- Ovid
Collection: Destiny
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
- Ovid
Collection: Worry
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Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
- Ovid
Collection: Inspirational
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Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
- Ovid
Collection: Eye
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Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.
- Ovid
Collection: Jewels
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What is without periods of rest will not endure.
- Ovid
Collection: Inspirational
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Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.
- Ovid
Collection: Food
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The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.
- Ovid
Collection: Strong
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Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
- Ovid
Collection: Mind
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everything changes, nothing perishes
- Ovid
Collection: Change
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The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
- Ovid
Collection: Latin