Ovid Quotes - Page 26

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• According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.

  Ovid

  Men, Mind, Deeds

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• We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief. Few love what they may have.

  Ovid

  Thieves, Care, May

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• She who resists as though she would not win,
  By her own treason falls an easy prey.

  Ovid

  Betrayal, Fall, Winning

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• Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.

  Ovid

  Agents, Gains

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• Love is a kind of warfare.

  Ovid

  Love, Break Up, Broken Heart

  Ovid (2015). “The Art Of Love”, p.36, Ovid

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• It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.

  Ovid

  Art, Philosophy, Believe

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• Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

  Ovid

  Violence, Break, Cracked

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• The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

  Ovid

  Fighting, Arms, Forget

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• Let what is irksome become habitual, no more will it trouble you.

  Ovid

  Routine, Trouble, Habitual

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• It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.

  Ovid

  Teaching, Enemy, Taught

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• Wine, not too much, inspires and make the mind,to the soft joys of Venus strong inclined,which, buried in excess, unapt to love,stupidly lies and knows not hom to move

  Ovid

  Strong, Lying, Moving

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• Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.

  Ovid

  Way, Treats, Disposition

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• Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.

  Ovid

  Cracked

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• I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

  Ovid

  Fear, Blessing, Stealing

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• For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over all.

  Ovid

  Heart, Hands, Mind

  Ovid (1960). “The Metamorphoses”, Signet

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• What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire.
  [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]

  Ovid

  Ignorance, Desire

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• A bitter drug oft brings relief.

  Ovid

  Drug, Relief, Bitter

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• Have consideration for wounded feelings.

  Ovid

  Feelings, Consideration, Wounded

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• Tis on the living Envy feeds. She silent grows
  When, after death, man's honor is his guard.
  So I, when on the pyre consumed I lie,
  Shall live, for all that's noblest will survive.

  Ovid

  Death, Lying, Men

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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.

  Ovid

  Death, Men, Funeral

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• In war the olive branch of peace is of use.
  [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]

  Ovid

  War, Use, Olive Branches

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• In your judgment virtue requires no reward, and is to be sought for itself, unaccompanied by external benefits.
  [Lat., Judice te mercede caret, per seque petenda est
  Externis virtus incomitata bonis.]

  Ovid

  Benefits, Rewards, Judgment

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• Even pleasure cloys without variety.

  Ovid

  Pleasure, Variety

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• Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

  Ovid

  Hours

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• If you would conquer Love, he must be fought
  At his first onslaught; sprinkle but a drop
  Of water, the new-kindled flame expires.

  Ovid

  Love, Flames, Water

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