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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

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

Think Wise Write
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
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.
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Home Life Night
Who’s started has half finished.
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Finish Half Start
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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Fate Hand Name
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Motivational Positive Wise
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
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
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Country Ease People Rich
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
Gold will be slave or master.
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Gold Master People Slave

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