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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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• Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.

  Ovid

  Punishment, Bears, Sin

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• Tempus edax rerum.
  Time that devours all things.

  Ovid

  Time, All Things

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

  Ovid

  Anger, Hands, Ira

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• Art lies in concealing art.

  Ovid

  Art, Lying, Concealing

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• By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the
  light chariot, and establish love.
  [Lat., Arte citae veloque rates remoque moventur;
  Arte levis currus, arte regendus Amor.]

  Ovid

  Art, Moving, Light

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• Habit had made the custom.

  Ovid

  Habit, Made, Customs

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• The gods favor the bold.

  Ovid

  Favors, Boldness

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• Safety lies in the middle course.
  [Lat., Medio tutissimus ibis.]

  Ovid

  Lying, Safety, Moderation

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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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• Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.

  Ovid

  Christmas, God, Life And Love

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• The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

  Ovid

  Spring, Inspiration, Men

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• In an easy cause any man may be eloquent.

  Ovid

  Men, May, Causes

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• Take this at least, this last advice, my son:
  Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on:
  The coursers of themselves will run too fast,
  Your art must be to moderate their haste.

  Ovid

  Running, Art, Moving

  Ovid (1998). “Metamorphoses”, p.41, Wordsworth Editions

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• And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty.
  [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]

  Ovid

  Sweet, Mind, Novelty

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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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• Wine prepares the heart for love, unless you take too much.

  Ovid

  Heart, Wine, Too Much

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• We beg one hour of death, that neither she
  With widow's tears may live to bury me,
  Nor weeping I, with wither'd arms, may bear
  My breathless Baucis to the sepulchre.

  Ovid

  Death, Tears, Widows

  Ovid (1836). “Ovid”, p.259

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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'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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• Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

  Ovid

  Pride, Haughtiness, Companion

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• Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

  Ovid

  Peace, Strong, Heart

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• Every lover is a soldier.

  Ovid

  Alaska, Soldier, Lovers

  Ovid (1997). “Ovid's Metamorphoses”, p.280, University of Oklahoma Press

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• As long as you are lucky, you will have many friends; if cloudy times appear, you will be alone. -Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos; tempora si fuerint nubila, solus eris

  Ovid

  Friendship, Long, Lucky

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• Fair Flora! Now attend thy sportful feast,
  Of which some days I with design have past;
  A part in April and a part in May
  Thou claim'st, and both command my tuneful lay;
  And as the confines of two months are thine
  To sing of both the double task be mine.

  Ovid

  Past, Two, Design

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