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Horace

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

Difficulty Explanation Involve
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACE

Destiny End Try
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
HORACE

Difficulty Intervention Worthy
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
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACE

Mistake Ridiculous Same
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
HORACE

Grief Limit Men
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
HORACE

Death King Tower
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

Plunder Time Year
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
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
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today

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