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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
HORACE

Enjoy God Mean Wealth
Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
HORACE

Men Poetry Rate
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
I have erected amonument more lasting than bronze.
HORACE

Appreciation Bronze Country People
The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
HORACE

Home May Think
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
A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
HORACE

Judge Justice Life Umpires
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

Adversity Calm Remember
A good resolve will make any port.
HORACE

Adversity Port Resolve
It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
HORACE

Exercise Health Try
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
HORACE

Difficulty Intervention Worthy
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
HORACE

Increase Money Owner Slave

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

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