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• The mind is sicker than the sick body; in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless.
  [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra; malique
  In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]

  Ovid

  Sick, Mind, Suffering

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• Art lies by its own artifice.

  Ovid

  Art, Lying, Deception

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• Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

  Ovid

  Temptation, Useless, Bows

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• Truly it is allowed us to weep: by weeping we disperse our wrath; and tears go through the heart, even like a stream.
  [Lat., Flere licet certe: flendo diffundimus iram:
  Perque sinum lacrimae, fluminis instar enim.]

  Ovid

  Heart, Wrath, Tears

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• Venus is kind to creatures as young as we;We know not what we do, and while we're youngWe have the right to live and love like gods.

  Ovid

  And Love, Venus, Kind

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• Sleep, thou repose of all things; sleep, thou gentlest of the deities; thou peace of the mind, from which care flies; who doest soothe the hearts of men wearied with the toils of the day, and refittest them for labor.

  Ovid

  Heart, Sleep, Men

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• Man should ever look to his last day, and no one should be called happy before his funeral.
  [Lat., Ultima semper
  Expectanda dies homini est, dicique beatus
  Ante obitum nemo et suprema funera debet.]

  Ovid

  Death, Men, Funeral

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• It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand.
  [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]

  Ovid

  Hands, Royalty, Firm

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• What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.

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  Desire, Causes, Intense

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• Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

  Ovid

  Men, Naps, Alcohol

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• The gods see the deeds of the righteous.
  [Lat., Di pia facta vident.]

  Ovid

  Deeds, Righteous

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• The deeds of men never escape the gods.
  [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]

  Ovid

  Men, Deeds

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• Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.

  Ovid

  Lacking, Willingness, Commendable

  'Epistulae Ex Ponto' bk. 3, no. 4, l. 79

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• Tis you, alone, can save, or give my doom.

  Ovid

  Giving, Doom

  Ovid (1872). “Ovid: The Metamorphoses. Book I-IX”, p.287

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• Knowest thou not that kings have long hands?
  [Lat., An nescis longos regibus esse manus?]

  Ovid

  Kings, Hands, Long

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