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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

Horace

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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Ask Enough Sufficiency
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
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.
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Essence Soul Yesterday
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Gravem Need War Wine
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Evil Life Serenity
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men

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