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Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

Horace

Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
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.
HORACE

Discarde Perceive Return
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
HORACE

Home Life Night
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

Adversity Calm Remember
There is a middle ground in things.
HORACE

Ground Latin Middle
Don’t waste the opportunity.
HORACE

Country Opportunity People Waste
Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.
HORACE

Attitude Relax Soul
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
A man perfect to the finger tips.
HORACE

Finger Men Perfect
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
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
Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.
HORACE

Admiration Lost Mean
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
HORACE

Advice Funny Simple Life

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

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