Fortune and love favor the brave.

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About Ovid

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Publius Ovidius Naso (Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs ɔˈwɪdiʊs ˈnaːsoː]; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( OV-id), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of...

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First appearance deceives many.

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Tears at times have all the weight of speech.

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When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut, misfortune can fall from above.

—Lisa See in Shanghai Girls

Fortune befriends the bold.

—Emily Dickinson

Fortune can, for her pleasure, fools advance, / And toss them on the wheels of Chance.

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Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath.

—Charlotte Joko Beck

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Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

—Walt Whitman