And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACEHe makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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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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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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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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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Anger is brief madness
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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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 explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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