Ovid Quote

Envy, the most mean-spirited of vices, slithers on the ground like a snake.

Women may deny it or accept it, but what they always want is for us to ask for it.

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The drop hollows the rock, not by its strength but by its constancy.

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Do not give in to anger too much; prolonged anger breeds hatred.

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Buy what is necessary, not what is convenient.

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Much love germinates in chance; always have the hook ready, and in the place where you least expect it, you will find a catch.

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Hurry; do not trust the coming hours. He who is not ready today will be even less so tomorrow.

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In love, it's not enough to attack, you have to take the square.

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To offer friendship to the one who seeks love is like giving bread to the one dying of thirst.

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Hope makes the shipwrecked man wave his arms in the middle of the water, even when he sees no land anywhere.

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So idleness corrupts the human body, as still waters become corrupt.

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