Short Quotes · Page 41

Big wisdom in few words—the best short quotes pack a lifetime of insight into a single sentence. Perfect for captions, cards, or a moment of daily reflection.

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“We're slow to believe what wounds us.”

— Ovid

“The gods behold all righteous actions.”

— Ovid

“Let the man who does not wish to be idle fall in love!”

— Ovid

“So I can't live either without you or with you.”

— Ovid

“They come to see; they come that they themselves may be seen.”

— Ovid

“Let love steal in disguised as friendship.”

— Ovid

“If you want to be loved, be lovable.”

— Ovid

“Yield to the opposer, by yielding you will obtain the victory.”

— Ovid

“Seize Time; his swift foot can't be held.”

— Ovid

“I see better things, and approve, but I follow worse.”

— Ovid

“No way is impassable to virtue!”

— Ovid

“Thus all things are but altered, nothing dies.”

— Ovid

“My name shall never be forgotten.”

— Ovid

“Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at ease.”

— Ovid

“Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“He must be a poor creature that does not often repeat himself.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Treat bad men exactly as if they were insane.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Be polite and generous, but don't undervalue yourself.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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