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

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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
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
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
HORACE

Joy Laughter Love People
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
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.]
HORACE

Brain Hard Work Nail
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
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
One cannot know everything.
HORACE

Everything Know Knowledge
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
HORACE

Being Knowledge Wise
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACE

Mean Money Stills
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACE

Circumstances Endeavor Myself
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall

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

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