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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.

Horace

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
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACE

Destiny End Try
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
HORACE

Eye Mind Trust
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

Attitude Relax Soul
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
HORACE

Affair Business Other People
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Country Ease People Rich
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
HORACE

Grief Limit Men
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Guest Storm Willing
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
HORACE

Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
HORACE

Character Consistent Last
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs

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