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The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]

The dove, O hawk, that has once been wounded by thy talons, is frightened by the least movement of a wing. [Lat., Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba Unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.]

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Fear, Wings, Movement

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.

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Love, Life, Fall

The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.

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Men

What ignorance there is in human minds.

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Ignorance, Mind, Humans

You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town. [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]

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Gossip, Towns, Knows

We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]

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Future, Two, Duos

The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.

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May, Crime, Penalties

O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!

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Men, Darkness, Mind

Fas est ab hoste doceri. One should learn even from one's enemies.

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Enemy, Should

Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.

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Charming, Charm

Even the gods are moved by the voice of entreaty.

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Voice, Request, Moved
Ovid (1932). “The Love Books of Ovid”, p.125, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.

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Delight, Ancient, Born

Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.

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Love, Business, Safety

Dripping water hollows out a stone

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Rivers, Water, Environmental
'Epistulae Ex Ponto' bk. 4, no. 10, l. 5.

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

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Wrinkles, Years, Age

Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become powerful.

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Powerful, United

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

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Fear, Psychology, Mind

The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind.

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Joy, Mind, Poet

Agreeing to differ. [Lat., Discors concordia.]

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Argument

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

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Beauty, Reality, Vision

They come to see, they come that they themselves may be seen. [Lat., Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipse.]

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May, Appearance

Let love steal in disguised as friendship.

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Life, Stealing
Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.311, Delphi Classics

Thanks are justly due for boons unbought

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Thankful, Gratitude, Thanks

Love is a thing full of anxious fears.

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Life, Love Is, Anxious

When disposition wins us, the features please.

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Winning, Appearance, Disposition

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