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

Horace

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.
HORACE

Last Poverty Wing
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

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

Joyful Moment Victory
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
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
HORACE

Give Labor Life Men
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE

Think Wise Write
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure

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

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