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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

Horace

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Death King Tower
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Birth Fall Joy Note
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Essence Soul Yesterday
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Country Opportunity People Waste
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Evil Life Serenity
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Think Wise Write
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
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Eye Mind Trust

The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

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