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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

Horace

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

Think Wise Write
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACE

Advice Funny Simple Life
People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
HORACE

Country House People
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
HORACE

Day Morrow Seize Trust
Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

Adversity Calm Remember
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall

Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.

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