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Anger is brief madness

Horace

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.
HORACE

Home Life Night
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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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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Mean Money Stills
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Badly Life People Privacy
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
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Book Fate Live Today
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Depress People Think
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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Appreciation Bronze Country People
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Enjoy God Mean Wealth

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