Ovid Quotes

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

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What we call birth Is but a beginning to be something else...

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We beg one hour of death, that neither she With widow's tears may live to bury me,...

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'Tis on the living Envy feeds. She silent grows When, after death, man's honor is his guard....

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There's nothing constant in the world, All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born Bears in its womb the seeds of change.

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The earth yields up her stores, of every ill The instigators; iron, foe to man, And gold, than iron deadlier.

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Suppressed pain chokes us; in our breasts It surges, adding ever to its strength.

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That all things change, one nation gaining strength While others perish.

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So we see That all things change, one nation gaining strength While others perish.

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'Speak thy desire, thou only just of men; And thou, O woman, only worthy found To be with such a man in marriage bound.'

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O fool, what else is sleep but chill death's likeness?

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My intention is to tell of bodies changed into new forms.

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Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.

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It is ill to marry in the month of May.

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I am an exile; but it is the fault that pains; The punishment is nought; that it is deserved Is all the pain.

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All things change, nothing is extinguished.... There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are...

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The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering.

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Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.

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Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.

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That you may please others you must be forgetful of yourself.

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Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish.

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If you wish to marry suitably, marry your equal.

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Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

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Fortune and love favor the brave. Love

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If you want to be loved, be lovable. Love

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It is a kingly act to assist the fallen.

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Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.

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The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.

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Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

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