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Ovid

Ovid

Poet · Roman

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The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
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A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
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Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, _x000D_ _x000D_ Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.
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It's useful that there should be Gods, so let's believe there are.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.
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A good disposition is a virtue in itself, and it is lasting; the burden of the years cannot depress it, and love that is founded on it endures to the end.
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When disposition wins us, the features please.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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The workmanship was better than the subject matter.
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Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
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Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.
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Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.
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In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Thanks are justly due for boons unbought
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Men do not value a good deed_x000D_ _x000D_ unless it brings a reward.
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Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs.
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