Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)
The raven once in snowy plumes was drest,
White as the whitest dove's unsullied breast,
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The raven once in snowy plumes was drest,
White as the whitest dove's unsullied breast,
Fair as the guardian of the Capitol,
Soft as the swan; a large and lovely fowl
His tongue, his prating tongue had changed him quite
To sooty blackness from the purest white.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
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What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when
the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
[Lat., Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est,
Quae venit indigne poena dolenda venit.]
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
