Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,
As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
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Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves
achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
[Lat., Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi
Vix ea nostra voco.]

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]