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Horace

Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACE

Mistake Ridiculous Same
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
HORACE

Essence Soul Yesterday
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

Love Ready Sweet
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
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
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACE

Motivational Positive Wise

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