Ovid Short Quotes

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The gods have their own rules.

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Nothing is stronger than habit.

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If you want to be loved, be lovable.

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It is right to learn, even from the enemy.

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[Chaos] A rough, unordered mass of things.

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Let love steal in disguised as friendship.

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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

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The same object will both wound and cure me.

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Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

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And thrusts the Scorpion with his bended bow.

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Thus all things are but altered, nothing dies.

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Let who does not wish to be idle fall in love!

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For the sharp medic'cine is the patient's cure.

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Now there are fields of corn where Troy once was.

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Your lot is mortal: not mortal is what you desire.

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The cause is hidden, but the result is well known.

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Every lover is a warrior, and Cupid has his camps.

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Rage strengthens the hands, however feeble they may be.

Variant translation: Let anger nerve your hands, weak though they may be

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Either don't attempt it, or carry it through to the end.

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They bear punishment with equanimity who have earned it.

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Say that I live, but in such wise that I would not live.

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I see the better things, and approve; I follow the worse.

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

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Although two crimes, a song and a mistake, have done me in.

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They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen.

In Latin: Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.

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They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.

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Love is a naked child: do you think he has pockets for money?

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Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

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Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.

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Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use.

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