"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow."

Justice

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This quotation examines the core nature of Justice as articulated by Ovid. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Justice provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso, known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him to be the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly organized province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or 10 years of his life. Ovid himself attributed his banishment to a carmen et error, but his reluctance to disclose specifics has resulted in much speculation among scholars.

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"I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."

— Barry Goldwater
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"Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical."

— Bear Grylls
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"It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace."

— Jonathan Shapiro
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"It is a subtle truth that time is the most impartial judge; it reveals all pretenses and rewards all patience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

— Carol Anshaw
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