"A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace."
"Beneath the sun's rays our shadow is our comrade; When clouds obscure the sun our shadow flees. So Fortune's smiles the fickle crowd pursues, But swift is gone whenever she veils her face."
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Source: Ovid (1852). “The Heroides: Or Epistles of the Heroines, The Amours, Art of Love, Remedy of Love and Minor Works of Ovid”, p.52
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