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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
HORACE

Cover Lake Rivers Sea
Never without a shilling in my purse.
HORACE

Emotion People Purse Shilling
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
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
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
HORACE

Owner Poor Thief
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
HORACE

Mistake Ridiculous Same
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
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

Love Ready Sweet
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
HORACE

Being Knowledge Wise
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE

Think Wise Write
Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
HORACE

Mind Spill Superfluous
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
HORACE

Arrows Intent Mark People

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

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