There is a middle ground in things.
HORACEWhat it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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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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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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Let 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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Who’s started has half finished.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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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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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Punishment follows close on crime.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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