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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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There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
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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Home Life Night
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Face Good Men Sense
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
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Military Venture Wise
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
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First Money Wealth
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
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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Country House People
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Men Poetry Rate
One cannot know everything.
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Everything Know Knowledge
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Perfect Perfect Happiness
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Grief Limit Men
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Irrevocably Literature People Word

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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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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