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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Country Opportunity People Waste
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
Half is done when the beginning is done.
HORACE

Country Half Happen People
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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Destiny End Try
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Guest Storm Willing
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
Who’s started has half finished.
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Finish Half Start
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
HORACE

Fault Imperfection Poetry
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACE

Motivational Positive Wise
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Military Venture Wise
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember
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.
HORACE

Essence Soul Yesterday
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

Plunder Time Year
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
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Appreciation Bronze Country People
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Character Consistent Last
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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Attitude Relax Soul
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

People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

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