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.

When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
HORACE

Joy Laughter Love People
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
HORACE

Guest Storm Willing
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
HORACE

Military Venture Wise
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

Brain Hard Work Nail
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
Don’t waste the opportunity.
HORACE

Country Opportunity People Waste
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
HORACE

Enjoy God Mean Wealth
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
Half is done when the beginning is done.
HORACE

Country Half Happen People

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