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A man perfect to the finger tips.

Horace

A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
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.
HORACE

Fault Imperfection Poetry
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
HORACE

Give Labor Life Men
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
HORACE

Car Men Wheels
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
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACE

Half Job Sensible
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
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
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

Exercise Health Try
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
HORACE

Fate Hand Name
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self

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