"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."
"Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth. [Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.]"
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Source: Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.343, Delphi Classics
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