Ovid

Ovid

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Poet
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Roman poet (43 BC - 17/18 AD)

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Died

January 1, 17

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Birthplace

Sulmo

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Nationality

Ancient Rome

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"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish."
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"Habits change into character."
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"Time, the devourer of all things."
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"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."
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"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."
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"All love is vanquished by a succeeding love."
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"Bear patiently with a rival."
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"Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body."
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"Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay."
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"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."
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"First appearance deceives many."
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"First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times."
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"Fortune and love favor the brave."
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"Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love."
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"If you want to be loved, be lovable."
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"Like fragile ice anger passes away in time."
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"Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them."
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"Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength."
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"The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool."
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"Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul."
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"Time is generally the best doctor."
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