Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim
"Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you"
Quotes by Ovid
Ovid
(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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Often she hid at the sight of wild beasts, forgetting what she was; and, though herself a bear, shuddered at sight other bears.
Ovid
(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
Source: Metamorphoses
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What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
Ovid
(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
Source: Amorum, Book 2, 19, 3
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
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In our play we reveal what kind of people we are.
Ovid
(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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The workmanship surpassed the subject matter. -Materiam superabat opus
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(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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I see and approve better things, but follow worse.
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(43 BC - c. 18 AD)
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