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.)
HORACESad 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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Wherever the storm carries me, I go a willing guest.
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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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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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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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Gold will be slave or master.
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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Often 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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What prevents a man’s speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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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.]
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