Did Ovid really say 'Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo.'?

Ovid Quote Source & Citation:

Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed saepe cadendo.

— Ovid Ancient · Metamorphoses

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"Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est."

"Carmina sola carent fato."

"The best way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

"Quidquid erit, superanda omnis fortuna ferendo est."

"The envious man is his own tormentor."

Epistulae ex Ponto, Book IV, Elegy X, line 5

Date: ~10 AD

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