It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACEOften turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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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.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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