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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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Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
HORACE

Fault Imperfection Poetry
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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Death King Tower
With you I should love to live, with you be ready to die.
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Love Ready Sweet
How slight and insignificant is the thing which casts down or restores a mind greedy for praise.
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Greedy Mind Praise
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]
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Brain Hard Work Nail
A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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Advice Funny Simple Life
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
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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Authorship Care Write
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Acceptance Forbidden Lighter
Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Gravem Need War Wine
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Being Knowledge Wise
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]
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Joyful Moment Victory
One cannot know everything.
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Everything Know Knowledge

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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