Ovid:

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

— Ovid Ancient

Metamorphoses

Ars Amatoria (Book 3, Line 63).

c. 2 BCE

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Found in 1 providers: gemini

Cross Reference

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"Ingenium quondam fuerat sine corpore virtus."

"Nothing is stronger than habit."

"Principiis obsta; sero medicina paratur cum mala per longas convaluere moras."

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

"The bold lover is often successful where the timid one fails."