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By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
HORACE

Home Life Night
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
HORACE

Give Labor Life Men
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACE

Mean Money Stills
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
HORACE

Eye Mind Trust
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
HORACE

Being Knowledge Wise
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
HORACE

Fault Imperfection Poetry
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.
HORACE

Discarde Perceive Return
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
HORACE

Character Consistent Last
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACE

Destiny End Try
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Perfect Perfect Happiness
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

Exercise Health Try
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
HORACE

Guest Storm Willing
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today

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