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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.

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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
HORACE

Joy Laughter Love People
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

Plunder Time Year
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

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

Joyful Moment Victory
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
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE

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

Greedy Mind Praise
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
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
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
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure

Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.

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