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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.]

Horace

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Death King Tower
Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Adversity Calm Remember
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Irrevocably Literature People Word
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
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.
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Fault Imperfection Poetry
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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Fall Peace War
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
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
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Depress People Think
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
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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
By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious

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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