Ovid Quotes

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

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  Change, Life Changing, Persistence

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• Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

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  Happiness, Happy, Hurt

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• Difficulty is what wakes up the genius.

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  Wake Up, Genius, Difficulty

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• If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.

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  Procrastination, Today, Tomorrow

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• Love is no assignment for cowards.

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  Love, Relationship, Marriage

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  A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

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  Motivational, Running, Horse

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.343, Delphi Classics

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• What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

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  Life, Motivational, Rocks

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• He lives well who lives retired, and keeps
  His wants within the limits of his means.

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  Mean, Want, Limits

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• Habits change into character.

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  Change, Character, Ancient

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• Deadly poisons are concealed under sweet honey.

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  Sweet, Deceit, Poison

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• There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change.

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  Destiny, Ebb And Flow, Shapes

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• The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.

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  Crowds, Vulgar, Usefulness

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• My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
  [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]

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  Hope

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  Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

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  Inspirational, Meditation, Genius

  Ovid (2015). “The Art Of Love”, p.30, Ovid

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

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  Worry, Anxiety, Pleasure

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• Fortune and love favor the brave.

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  Love, Inspiring, Depressing

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• Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

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  Eye, Sight, Soul

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• Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.

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  Food, Able, Appetite

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• We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.

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  Hurt, Believe, Feelings

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• Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.

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  Jewels, Simplicity, Found

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• What is without periods of rest will not endure.

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  Inspirational, Relaxation, Periods

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• The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.

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  Strong, Law, Purpose

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• I flee who chases me and chase who flees me.

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  Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.71, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• The mightiest rivers lose their force when split up into several streams.

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  Rivers, Splits, Force

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.359, Delphi Classics

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