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

Horace

Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
HORACE

Fate Hand Name
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
HORACE

Arrows Intent Mark People
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
HORACE

Circumstances Endeavor Myself
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
Who’s started has half finished.
HORACE

Finish Half Start
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
HORACE

Destiny End Try
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
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.]
HORACE

Brain Hard Work Nail
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
HORACE

Motivational Positive Wise

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