Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACEHe 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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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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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 envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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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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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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