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Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.

Horace

Don’t waste the opportunity.
HORACE

Country Opportunity People Waste
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

Attitude Relax Soul
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.]
HORACE

Brain Hard Work Nail
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
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
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACE

Motivational Positive Wise
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
HORACE

Aim Brevity Obscure
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge in my own virtue, and seek honest undowered Poverty.
HORACE

Last Poverty Wing
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
HORACE

Being Knowledge Wise
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall

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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