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“This letter gives me a tongue; and were I not allowed to write, I should be dumb. [Lat., Praebet mihi littera linguam: Et, si non liceat scribere, mutus ero.]”

Quote by Ovid

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Ovid, born on March 20, 43 BC and died in 1 BC, was a renowned Roman poet of the ancient world. His works are diverse, including love poems, mythological poems, and satirical poems, with 'Metamorphoses' being his most famous work. more

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“Writings survive the years; it is by writings that you know Agamemnon, and those who fought for or against him. [Lat., Scripta ferunt annos; scriptis Agamemnona nosti, Et quisquis contra vel simul arma tulit.]”

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“Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first. [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]”

Firsts Lasts Inferiors Ultima

Author:Ovid

“Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant.]”

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“The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]”

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Author:Ovid

“Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.”

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“As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.”

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Book:The Fasti ; Tristia ; Pontic epistles ; Ibis ; and Halieuticon of Ovid

Source: The Fasti ; Tristia ; Pontic epistles ; Ibis ; and Halieuticon of Ovid

“Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination. [Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.]”

Knows Crime Deeds Inclination Absent

Author:Ovid

“Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack.”

Age Steps All Things Teeth Yield Decay Envious Lingering Devouring

Author:Ovid

“A pious fraud. [Lat., Pia fraus.]”

Deceit Fraud Pious

Author:Ovid

“Skilled in every trick, a worthy heir of his paternal craft, he would make black look like white, and white look black. [Lat., Furtum ingeniosus ad omne, Qui facere assueret, patriae non degener artis, Candida de nigris, et de candentibus atra.]”

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Author:Ovid