The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.

Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE

Think Wise Write
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
HORACE

Character Consistent Last
Half is done when the beginning is done.
HORACE

Country Half Happen People
Gold will be slave or master.
HORACE

Gold Master People Slave
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
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACE

Appreciation Bronze Country People
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

Attitude Relax Soul
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Guest Storm Willing
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
HORACE

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.
HORACE

Birth Fall Joy Note
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall

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