Roman - Poet | 43 BC - 17 AD
Beauty is a fragile gift.
Ovid
BeautyGiftFragile
Tears at times have the weight of speech.
TearsSpeechWeightTimes
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
HorseFastNeverUpCatchHorses
Make the workmanship surpass the materials.
MakeMaterialsWorkmanshipSurpass
Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
BeautyTruthVisionRealityDeepest
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
RestWillEndureWithoutPeriods
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
PurposeHonestAnnoyingTo Be Honest
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
CharacterStudyFaithfulCruelArts
A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
ManSorryNothingHonest
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
IntegrityManValueWorthPriceUs
Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
FishYouPoolWillAlwaysExpect
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
EverythingHourGraduallyAppointed
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