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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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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Authorship Care Write
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today
Gold will be slave or master.
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Gold Master People Slave
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Conceited Race Self
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Grief Limit Men
Anger is brief madness
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Anger Brief Madness
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful

In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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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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