Quicquid servatur, cupimus magis: ipsaque furem
Cura vocat. Pauci, quod sinit alter, amant.
We covet what is guarded; the very care invokes the thief.
Few love what they may have.
—Ovid
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Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest. My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
—Ovid
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Percussu crebro saxa cavantur aquis.
Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.
—Ovid
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Da requiem; requietus ager bene credita reddit. Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
—Ovid
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Alliciunt somnos tempus motusque merumque. Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
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In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are.
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Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis. Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of nature.
—Ovid
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An evil life is a kind of death.
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Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.
—Ovid