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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year
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.
HORACE

Home Life Night
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.
HORACE

Owner Poor Thief
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
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACE

First Money Wealth
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.
HORACE

Essence Soul Yesterday
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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Destiny End Try
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACE

Mean Money Stills
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACE

Circumstances Endeavor Myself
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Irrevocably Literature People Word
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
HORACE

Brain Hard Work Nail

Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

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