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

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Being, be bold and venture to be wise.
HORACE

Military Venture Wise
One cannot know everything.
HORACE

Everything Know Knowledge
Punishment follows close on crime.
HORACE

Crime Follow Punishment
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
HORACE

Envy Punishment Tyrant
Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]
HORACE

First Money Wealth
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
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
HORACE

Half Job Sensible
By the favour of the heavens
HORACE

Favour Heaven Religious
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
HORACE

Greedy Mind Praise
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
HORACE

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

Home May Think
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
HORACE

Death King Tower
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
HORACE

Anger Cut Punishment
Remember to be calm in adversity.
HORACE

Adversity Calm Remember
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self

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