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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.

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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.
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Last Poverty Wing
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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Birth Fall Joy Note
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Gravem Need War Wine
Anger is brief madness
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Anger Brief Madness
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Day Morrow Seize Trust
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Country Opportunity People Waste
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Guest Storm Willing
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle

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