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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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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
HORACE

Give Labor Life Men
The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
HORACE

Emotion Forth Future Thankful
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
HORACE

Fall Peace War
To please great men is not the last degree of praise.
HORACE

Degrees Last Men
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACE

Mistake Ridiculous Same
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
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.]
HORACE

Death King Tower
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
HORACE

Fern Field Fire Out
A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
HORACE

Irrevocably Literature People Word
Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
HORACE

Military Venture Wise
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACE

Appreciation Bronze Country People
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
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
HORACE

Joy Laughter Love People
Gold will be slave or master.
HORACE

Gold Master People Slave
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
HORACE

Country Ease People Rich
Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Country Half Happen People
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
HORACE

Badly Life People Privacy
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

Love Ready Sweet
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
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
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
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Perfect Perfect Happiness
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve

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