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By the favour of the heavens

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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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Joyful Moment Victory
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Essence Soul Yesterday
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Affair Business Other People
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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Home Life Night
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Mean Money Stills
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Love Ready Sweet
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Difficulty Explanation Involve
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Motivational Positive Wise

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