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Beauty is a fragile gift. Ovid

Gift Beauty Fragile

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea. Ovid

Man Calm Shipwreck Experienced Sea Who Even

Little things please little minds. Ovid

Little Things Please Minds Little Little Minds Things

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. Ovid

Grief Pain Must Borne Calmness Suffered

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Plautus

Friendship Soul Single Composed Single Soul Bodies Inhabiting Two

What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works has Nature been more seconded by the ingenuity of man than in this, by his inventions of sails and of oars? Pliny the Elder

Nature Man Winds More Inventions Unruly Sails Been His Than Department Ingenuity Sea Works Her

We trace out all the veins of the earth, and yet, living upon it, undermined as it is beneath our feet, are astonished that it should occasionally cleave asunder or tremble: as though, forsooth, these signs could be any other than expressions of the indignation felt by our sacred parent! Pliny the Elder

Signs Living Other Tremble Beneath Our Astonished Earth Though Asunder Out Parent Indignation Could Sacred Veins Feet Trace Occasionally Undermined Felt Than Any Should Expressions

I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it. Pontius Pilate

Innocent See Am Blood Person Just

He whom many fear, has himself many to fear. Publilius Syrus

Fear He Himself Many Whom

The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not. Publilius Syrus

Miser He Want Much

One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard. Publilius Syrus

Safety Guard Danger Always Who Exposed Even

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. Publilius Syrus

World Will Retail Count Him Friends Your Who Among

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. Publilius Syrus

Enemy Treat Become He Friend Might Your

He who spares the bad injures the good. Publilius Syrus

Good Bad He Spares Who

The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted. Publilius Syrus

Judge Criminal Guilty Acquitted Found

There are some remedies worse than the disease. Publilius Syrus

Worse Some Remedies Than Disease

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship. Sallust

Friendship Solid Like Makes Same Same Things Dislike Things

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. Sallust

War Battle Cowards Defense Rampart Run Risk Most Bravery Who

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. Sallust

Gratitude Obligations Ambition Ties Blood Forgets Breaks

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. Sallust

Overcome King Shameful Force Arms Opinion Than In My Opinion Less Bribery

It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought. Scipio Africanus

Fool Thought Say Part Should

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. Tacitus

Hate Power Those Supreme Supreme Power Always Suspect Heir Next

It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay. Tacitus

Service Gratitude Revenge Burden Pay Easier Always Than Found Injury

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