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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• Habit had made the custom.

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  Habit, Made, Customs

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• What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.

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  Progress, Pursue

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• Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.

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  Way, Treats, Disposition

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

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  Fighting, Arms, Forget

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

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  Art, Philosophy, Believe

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• In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

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  Men, May, Causes

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• Anger assists hands however weak.
  [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]

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  Anger, Hands, Ira

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• Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him.
  [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti,
  Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.]

  Ovid

  Writing, Years, Agamemnon

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• Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
  [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
  Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]

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  Deeds, Crime, Absent

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• Skilled in every trick, a worthy heir of his paternal craft, he would make black look like white, and white look black.
  [Lat., Furtum ingeniosus ad omne,
  Qui facere assueret, patriae non degener artis,
  Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra.]

  Ovid

  White, Black, Deceit

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• To be thoroughly imbued, with the liberal arts refines the manners, and makes men to be mild and gentle in their conduct.

  Ovid

  Education, Art, Men

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• The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature.
  [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]

  Ovid

  Men, Gentle, Gentleness

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• Giving requires good sense.
  [Lat., Rest est ingeniosa dare.]

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  Giving, Dare, Good Sense

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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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• There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet.

  Ovid

  Sweet, Bitter, Pleasure

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• Alluring pleasure is said to have softened the savage dispositions (of early mankind).
  [Lat., Blanda truces animos fertur mollisse voluptas.]

  Ovid

  Savages, Pleasure, Said

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• Thou fool, what is sleep but the image of death? Fate will give an eternal rest.
  [Lat., Stulte, quid est somnus, gelidae nisi mortis imago?
  Longa quiescendi tempora fata dabunt.]

  Ovid

  Death, Sleep, Fate

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• Death is not grievous to me, for I shall lay aside my pains by death.
  [Lat., Nec mihi mors gravis est posituro morte dolores.]

  Ovid

  Death, Pain, Lays

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• The mind alone can not be exiled.
  [Lat., Mens sola loco non exulat.]

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  Mind, Can Not

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• Heavens! what thick darkness pervades the minds of men.
  [Lat., Pro superi! quantum mortalia pectora caecae,
  Noctis habent.]

  Ovid

  Men, Heaven, Darkness

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• The wild boar is often held by a small dog.
  [Lat., A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.]

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  Dog, Power, Small Dogs

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• A bitter drug oft brings relief.

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  Drug, Relief, Bitter

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• A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.

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  Men, Soldier, Appreciated

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