“In war the olive branch of peace is of use. [Lat., Adjuvat in bello pacatae ramus olivae.]”
Quote by Ovid
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“The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]”
“Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable.”
“There is no need of words; believe facts. [Lat., Non opus est verbis, credite rebus.]”
“Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)
“When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.”
“The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.”
Source: The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous: to which are now added biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, recently published by Mr. Boswell, and other authentic testimonies; also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd
Source: Selected poetry and prose
“Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.”
Source: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: the vanity of human wished: The History of Solÿman and Almena by John Langhorne
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