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To please great men is not the last degree of praise.

Horace

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
HORACE

Arrows Intent Mark People
It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.
HORACE

Fire Neighbor Wall
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
HORACE

Evil Life Serenity
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
HORACE

Mean Money Stills
Let him who has enough ask for nothing more.
HORACE

Ask Enough Sufficiency
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
HORACE

Country Ease People Rich
Anger is brief madness
HORACE

Anger Brief Madness
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today
What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
HORACE

Face Good Men Sense
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.
HORACE

Car Men Wheels
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
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
HORACE

Eye Mind Trust
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
HORACE

Dark Death Needs
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
HORACE

Hate Sin Virtue
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
HORACE

Love Ready Sweet

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