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Remember to be calm in adversity.

Horace

To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
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
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

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

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

Joy Laughter Love People
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACE

Difficulty Explanation Involve
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

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

Motivational Positive Wise
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
HORACE

Irrevocably Literature People Word
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
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
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

Love Ready Sweet

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