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Anger is brief madness

Horace

The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think
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
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
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
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Joy Laughter Love People
One cannot know everything.
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Everything Know Knowledge
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
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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Home Life Night
Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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Men Time Year
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
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Military Venture Wise
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle

Anger is brief madness

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