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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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In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
HORACE

Adversity Inspirational Motivational
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Anger Cut Punishment
The good hate sin because they love virtue. [Lat., Oderunt peccare boni virtutis amore.]
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Hate Sin Virtue
Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
HORACE

Book Fate Live Today
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
HORACE

Acquire Flames Strength
Let the character as it began be preserved to the last; and let it be consistent with itself.
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Character Consistent Last
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
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Increase Money Owner Slave
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
HORACE

Conceited Race Self
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
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
Seest thou how pale the sated guest rises from supper, where the appetite is puzzled with varieties? The body, too, burdened with I yesterday’s excess, weighs down the soul, and fixes to the earth this particle of the divine essence.
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Essence Soul Yesterday
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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Owner Poor Thief
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
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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Difficulty Intervention Worthy
Don’t waste the opportunity.
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Country Opportunity People Waste
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
HORACE

Think Wise Write
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
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Mistake Ridiculous Same
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
To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
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Half Job Sensible
Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.
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Aim Brevity Obscure
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.
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Discarde Perceive Return
Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Dark Death Needs
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
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
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Joy Laughter Love People
A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Finger Men Perfect
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
HORACE

Perfect Perfect Happiness

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