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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

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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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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
HORACE

Inspirational Life Motivational
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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Men Time Year
Gold will be slave or master.
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Gold Master People Slave
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Birth Fall Joy Note
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Badly Life People Privacy
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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Mind Spill Superfluous

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

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