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The envious pine at others’ success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.
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Envy Punishment Tyrant
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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Acquire Flames Strength
Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Affair Business Other People
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.
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Fate Hand Name
Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
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Emotion Forth Future Thankful
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
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Circumstances Endeavor Myself
Do not try to find out – we’re forbidden to know – what end the gods have in store for me, or for you.
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Destiny End Try
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
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Grief Limit Men
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)
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Men Time Year
Gold will be slave or master.
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Gold Master People Slave
Never without a shilling in my purse.
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Emotion People Purse Shilling
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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Book Fate Live Today

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