Ovid
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-43 // 17
Poet
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An injury may prove a blessing
You can learn from anyone even your enemy
What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please
What is without periods of rest will not endure
What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct
Time is generally the best doctor
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop
Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit
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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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