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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Day Morrow Seize Trust
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
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Admiration Lost Mean
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
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
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.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Affair Business Other People
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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Fate Hand Name
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Discarde Perceive Return
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
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

Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.

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