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OVID (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO)
Roman poet
(43 BC - c. 17 AD)
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There is no small pleasure in pure water.
  [Lat., Est in aqua dulci non invidiosa voluptas.]
      - [Pleasure : Water]

There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet.
      - [Pleasure]

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
      - [Proverbs]

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.
      - [Proverbs]

They come to see and be seen.
      - [Proverbs]

Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.
      - [Proverbs]

This victory will be your I ruin.
      - [Proverbs]

Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.
      - [Proverbs]

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.
      - [Proverbs]

Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.
      - [Willingness]

Time is usually the best medicine.
  [Lat., Temporis ars medicina fere est.]
      - (Latin) [Love : Proverbs]

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
      - [Proverbs]

Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly.
      - [Agriculture]

'Tis you, alone, can save, or give my doom.
      - [Proposals]

To a brave man every soil is his country.
      - [Proverbs]

To be loved, be lovable.
      - [Love]

To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
      - [Silence]

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

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.
      - [Proverbs]

To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
      - [Proverbs]

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
      - [Ambition]

Trivial losses often prove great gains.
      - [Proverbs]

Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
      - [Proverbs]

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
      - [Proverbs]

We always strive for that which is forbidden, and desire that which is denied us.
      - [Proverbs]


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