Ovid:

A person's last day must ever be awaited, and none be counted happy till his death, till his last funeral rites are paid.

— Ovid Ancient

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses (Book 3, Lines 134-136).

c. 8 CE

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"The gods deliver the bold."

"Vincit amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido."

"The workmanship was better than the material."

"Adde quod in magnis et laudem et lucra futuri."

"What is love? It is a thing that is not, and yet it is."