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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Joy Laughter Love People
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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Eye Mind Trust
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Men Poetry Rate
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
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
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
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
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.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
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.
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Owner Poor Thief
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
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Adversity Inspirational Motivational
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Conceited Race Self
By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Car Men Wheels
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Affair Business Other People
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Military Venture Wise
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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Fault Imperfection Poetry
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
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War

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