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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

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

Joy Laughter Love People
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Anger is brief madness
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Anger Brief Madness
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
HORACE

Gravem Need War Wine
Gold will be slave or master.
HORACE

Gold Master People Slave
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
HORACE

Country Ease People Rich
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACE

Difficulty Explanation Involve
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Grief Limit Men
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
HORACE

Affair Business Other People

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

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