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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Mean Money Stills
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
HORACE

Grief Limit Men
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
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
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
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Authorship Care Write
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
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
HORACE

Discarde Perceive Return
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Love Ready Sweet
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

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