Ovid
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-43 // 17
Poet
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Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror
The more they drink the more they thirst
The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal in every food which offers
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious
The act is judged of by the event
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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