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Absence
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A short absence is the safest.
-Ovid
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Action(s)
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
-Ovid
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Ancestry, Ancestors
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
-Ovid
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Appearance
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Neglect of appearance becomes men.
-Ovid
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When disposition wins us, the features please.
-Ovid
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The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.
-Ovid
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Belief
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We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
-Ovid
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People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.
-Ovid
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Bravery
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
-Ovid
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
-Ovid
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
-Ovid
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Business
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Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
-Ovid
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Change
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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 brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.
-Ovid
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everything changes, nothing perishes
omnia mutantur, nihil interit
-Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.165
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Charity
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To give requires good sense.
-Ovid
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Children
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
-Ovid
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Competition
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
-Ovid
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Confidence
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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.
-Ovid
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Conversation
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In an easy matter. Anybody can be eloquent.
-Ovid
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Customs
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Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.
-Ovid
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Death
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An evil life is a kind of death.
-Ovid
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Desires
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
-Ovid
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Doctors
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Time is generally the best doctor.
-Ovid
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Enemy, Enemies
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Bear patiently with a rival.
-Ovid
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Envy / Jealousy
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Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
-Ovid
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Books by and about Ovid