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.)
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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How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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One cannot know everything.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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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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Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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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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People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.
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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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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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Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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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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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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