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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

Horace

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
One cannot know everything.
HORACE

Everything Know Knowledge
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
HORACE

Military Venture Wise
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
HORACE

Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
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
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
HORACE

Fate Hand Name
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACE

First Money Wealth
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

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