Ovid
Ancient Rome
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Poet
-43 // 17
Poet
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love
Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned
Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish
Envy aims very high
Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it
Daring is not safe against daring men
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body
An evil life is a kind of death
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace
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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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Essays