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Ovid7 quotes
Time, the devourer of all things. — Ovid · 8Dripping water hollows out a stone, a ring is worn away by use. — Ovid · 18It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there are. — Ovid · 2Every lover is a warrior, and Cupid has his camps. — Ovid · 16 BCPlenty has made me poor. — Ovid · 8So I can't live either without you or with you. — Ovid · 16 BCAll 7 quotes →Sallust4 quotes
He preferred to be rather than to seem good. — Sallust · 42 BCThe renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCAll our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes. — Sallust · 42 BCIn truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. — Sallust · 42 BCCatiline1 quote
To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. — Catiline · 50 BC