Publius Ovidius Naso — a remark

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“Dripping water hollows out a stone, not by force, but by falling often.”

Original: Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. — A poetic reflection on how steady persistence overcomes monumental obstacles. · Epistulae ex Ponto (Latin)

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Publius Ovidius Naso

20 March 43 BC–c. 17

Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was born on 20 March 43 BC at Sulmo, a prosperous town in the Apennine country east of Rome, now Sulmona in the Abruzzo region of Italy. He died in exile at Tomis on the western shore of the Black Sea, probably in AD 17 or 18. Few ancient poets have left so vivid a…

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