Roman - Poet | 43 BC - 17 AD
Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
Ovid
WaterBodySlothHowMovesThou
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
LuckChanceFishYouWillStream
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
TimeWiseEverythingDelayFolly
Bear patiently with a rival.
PatienceBearRivalPatiently
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all.
HiddenEffectVisibleCause
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
WomenSameGiveDelightsBeenJust
Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
PathYouMiddleMostTreadShall
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
HeartYouSoftCallMisfortune
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
AnxietyAlwaysPleasurePureSome
It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
BelieveUsGodsConvenientLet Us
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
AchievementWorthDifficultTask
Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
GoodMenValueRewardGood Deed
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