you put too much faith in the power of the gods, if you think they can give and take away the shape of things - Ovid

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you put too much faith in the power of the gods, if you think they can give and take away the shape of things

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About Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet, commonly known to the English-speaking world as Ovid. Along with Virgil and Horace, Ovid is one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet.

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Native Name: Publius Ovidius Naso
Alternative Names: P. Ovidius Naso

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Keep your run along a course between those constellations. I leave the rest to Fortune: may she help and guide you better than you do yourself.

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