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The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.

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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
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
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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Eye Mind Trust
Punishment follows close on crime.
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Crime Follow Punishment
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
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Cover Lake Rivers Sea
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Plunder Time Year
By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
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
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Death King Tower
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Book Fate Live Today
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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Exercise Health Try
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
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Degrees Last Men
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Half Job Sensible
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve

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