Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
HORACEThe 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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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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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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Punishment follows close on crime.
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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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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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Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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