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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Gravem Need War Wine
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACE

First Money Wealth
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
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
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 years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
HORACE

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

Men Poetry Rate
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
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

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