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Literature poet Guilt Roman exile

Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.

- Ovid

Other quotes by Ovid


Forbidden

We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.

- Ovid
Oil

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

- Ovid
Reason

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

- Ovid
Anger Time

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

- Ovid
Will

He who can believe himself well, will be well.

- Ovid

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

- Ovid

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