Ovid Quotes, Doe Quotes, Fickle Quotes

With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.

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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.

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The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.

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Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expense

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Skill makes love unending.

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Even pleasure cloys without variety.

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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

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Love is a thing full of anxious fears.

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A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.

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There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]

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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.]

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Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no death - no death, but only change and innovation; what we men call birth is but a different new beginning; death is but to cease to be the same. Perhaps this may have moved to that, and that to this, yet still the sum of things remains the same.

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Do not believe hastily.

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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.]

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I see and approve better things, but follow worse.

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Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.

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Thanks are justly due for boons unbought

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Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.

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Habit had made the custom.

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Neglect of appearance becomes men.

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