Quote #40

By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.

More from Ovid

  1. Bear patiently with a rival.
  2. Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
  3. At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
  4. Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
  5. As for courage and will- we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through tri…
  6. Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunn…
  7. An evil life is a kind of death.
  8. Daring is not safe against daring men.

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