1.
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
Ovid
A steed never gallops so swiftly as when he has other equines to outstrip.
2.
Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.
Ovid
Conflicts are the inheritance wedded couples give each other.
3.
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
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4.
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
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5.
Love is no assignment for cowards.
Ovid
6.
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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7.
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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8.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Ovid
9.
If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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10.
Venus favors the bold.
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11.
Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.
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12.
Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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13.
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
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14.
Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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15.
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
[Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]
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16.
Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.
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17.
Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.
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18.
Love is the force that leaves you colorless
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19.
The end doesn't justify the means.
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20.
Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him,
Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.
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21.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
Ovid
22.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
Ovid
23.
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.
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24.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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25.
All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
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26.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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27.
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
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28.
Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.
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29.
Nothing is stronger than habit.
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30.
All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.
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31.
Tempus fugit (time flies).
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32.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
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33.
A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.
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34.
The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture.
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35.
Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.
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36.
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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37.
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop
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38.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone.
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39.
There is no brotherhood between love and dignity,
Nor can they share the same abode.
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40.
Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.
Ovid
41.
Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling.
[Lat., Aut petis aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum.]
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42.
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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43.
Dripping water hollows out a stone
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44.
The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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45.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts.
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46.
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
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47.
In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
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48.
Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.
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49.
Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
Ovid
50.
Habits change into character.
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