Ovid Quotes

Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

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What ignorance there is in human minds.

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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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One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

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The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

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God himself favors the brave.

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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.

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The gift derives its value from the rank of the giver.

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Love is a kind of military service

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That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.

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The rose is often found near the nettle.

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In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.

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Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.

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It is some alleviation to ills we cannot cure to speak of them.

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The spirits run riot in youth.

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My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.

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Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.

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Pure women are only those who have not been asked.

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The end doesn't justify the means.

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Love is born of idleness and, once born, by idleness is fostered.

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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]

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What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.

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If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.

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Love is a credulous thing.

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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

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There is no small pleasure in pure water.

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Nothing in the entire universe ever perishes, believe me, but things vary, and adopt a new form. The phrase being born is used for beginning to be something different from what one was before, while dying means ceasing to be the same. Though this thing may pass into that, and that into this, yet the sums of things remains unchanged.

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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

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It is art to conceal art. -Ars est celare artem

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Dear to girls' hearts is their own beauty.

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You will go most safely in the middle.

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Chaste is she whom no one has asked.

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Do not believe hastily.