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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

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

Half Job Sensible
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
HORACE

Irrevocably Literature People Word
Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
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
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
One cannot know everything.
HORACE

Everything Know Knowledge
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Owner Poor Thief
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
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Last Poverty Wing
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Motivational Positive Wise

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

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