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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
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
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Think Wise Write
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Difficulty Explanation Involve
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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Brain Hard Work Nail
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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Destiny End Try
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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Arrows Intent Mark People
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Irrevocably Literature People Word
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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Conceited Race Self
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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Give Labor Life Men
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
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
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Men Poetry Rate
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean

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