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Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
HORACE

Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
HORACE

Car Men Wheels
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

Adversity Calm Remember
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
HORACE

Difficulty Intervention Worthy
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
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACE

Mistake Ridiculous Same
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACE

Half Job Sensible
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
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

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

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