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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.]

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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACE

Advice Funny Simple Life
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
HORACE

Joyful Moment Victory
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
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
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
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember
Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Day Morrow Seize Trust
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
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
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Attitude Relax Soul
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Guest Storm Willing
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Birth Fall Joy Note
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
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Home May Think

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.]

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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.]

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