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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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Ask Enough Sufficiency
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
Nor has he spent his life badly who has passed it in privacy.
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Badly Life People Privacy
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
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
By the favour of the heavens
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Favour Heaven Religious
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
A good resolve will make any port.
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Adversity Port Resolve
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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Difficulty Explanation Involve
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Grief Limit Men
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Book Fate Live Today
There is a middle ground in things.
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Ground Latin Middle
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
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Fire Neighbor Wall
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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Men Poetry Rate
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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Destiny End Try

In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]

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