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

Horace

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

Think Wise Write
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
HORACE

Fate Hand Name
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
HORACE

Difficulty Explanation Involve
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
HORACE

Enjoy God Mean Wealth
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
HORACE

Joy Laughter Love People
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
HORACE

Authorship Care Write
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACE

Advice Funny Simple Life
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
HORACE

Owner Poor Thief
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

Plunder Time Year
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

Exercise Health Try
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
Half is done when the beginning is done.
HORACE

Country Half Happen People
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

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

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