A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
HORACEPale 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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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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Sapere aude. Dare to be wise.
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Death’s dark way Must needs be trodden once, however we pause.
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Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
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The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
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Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!
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By the favour of the heavens
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Half is done when the beginning is done.
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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.
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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
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Who prates of war or want after his wine? [Lat., Quis post vina gravem militiam aut pauperiem crepat?]
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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.
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Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets’ being second-rate.
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I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
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