Ovid
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-43 // 17
Poet
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In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time
Despotic conscience rules our hopes and fears
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire
Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the disease by delay has increased in strength
Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish
As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions
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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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