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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.

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

Fern Field Fire Out
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
HORACE

Death King Tower
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

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

Birth Fall Joy Note
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
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

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

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

Car Men Wheels
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACE

Motivational Positive Wise
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
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
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling

In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.

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