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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.

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Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Country Ease People Rich
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Joy Laughter Love People
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Car Men Wheels
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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Home Life Night
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.

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