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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
HORACE

Irrevocably Literature People Word
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

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

Mean Money Stills
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACE

Difficulty Explanation Involve
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
HORACE

Car Men Wheels
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

Plunder Time Year
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
HORACE

Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment

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