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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACE

Mean Money Stills
Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

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

Gravem Need War Wine
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
HORACE

Fate Hand Name
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACE

Appreciation Bronze Country People
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
HORACE

Difficulty Intervention Worthy
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure

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