When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACESeest 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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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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A good resolve will make any port.
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