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Ovid

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The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.


— Ovid


#eternal #may #penalty #removed

The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.


— Ovid


#fortune #prayers

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.


— Ovid


#often #produces #roses #sharp #thorn

The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.


— Ovid


#commendable #may #though #wanting #will

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.


— Ovid


#distilled #even #ever #more #nap

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.


— Ovid


#anxiety #goes #pleasure #pure #some

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.


— Ovid


#corrupted #how #moves #sloth #sluggish

Time is generally the best doctor.


— Ovid


#best #doctor #generally #time

Time, the devourer of all things.


— Ovid


#devourer #things #time

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly.


— Ovid


#passes #swiftly #use






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Did you know about Ovid?

The chronology of these early works is not secure; tentative dates however have been establiOvidd by scholars. 19–20). 4.

Ovid was also the author of several smaller pieces the Remedia Amoris the Medicamina Faciei Femineae and the long curse-poem Ibis. He is considered a master of the elegiac couplet and is traditionally ranked alongside Virgil and Horace as one of the three canonic poets of Latin literature. He is also well known for the Fasti about the Roman calendar and the Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto two collections of poems written in exile on the Black Sea.

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