Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACELet him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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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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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Anger is brief madness
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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