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'Speak thy desire, thou only just of men;
And thou, O woman, only worthy found
To be with such a man in marriage bound.'
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17), Roman poet (PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO). Metamorphoses: Philemon and Baucis (l. 1-2). . .
Confucius to Cummings; an Anthology of Poetry. Ezra Pound and Marcella Spann, eds. (1964) New Directions.)
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Every lover is a soldier.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Amores, 1.9. 1.)
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The art of medicine in the season lies:
Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Remedia Amoris, l. 131-132.)
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We praise times past, while we times present use;
Yet due the worship which to each we give.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Fasti, 1. 225-226.)
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Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Metamorphoses, 2. 137.)
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Metamorphoses, 8. 73.)
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All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
(Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 B.C.-A.D. 17/18), Roman poet. Remedia Amoris, l. 462.)
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