38 Quotes by Ovid about men

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    The wit of man has devised cruel statutes, And nature oft permits what is by law forbid.

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    God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.

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    Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

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

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    The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.

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    There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.

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    Man's last day must ever be awaited and none to be counted happy until his death, until his last funeral rites are paid.

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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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