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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.

Horace

Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Affair Business Other People
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

Attitude Relax Soul
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
HORACE

Gravem Need War Wine
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
HORACE

Essence Soul Yesterday
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
HORACE

Grief Limit Men
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Day Morrow Seize Trust
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Motivational Positive Wise
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACE

Advice Funny Simple Life
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength

I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.

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I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.

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