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A man perfect to the finger tips.

Horace

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
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
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Evil Life Serenity
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
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
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.]
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Death King Tower
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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Destiny End Try
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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Attitude Relax Soul
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
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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Ask Enough Sufficiency
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Military Venture Wise
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year

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