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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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When discord dreadful bursts the brazen bars, And shatters iron locks to thunder forth her wars.
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Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
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Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true
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Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.
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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
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In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
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Think to yourself that every day is your last the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
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Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it A mistress, if thou knowest not.
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Victory is by nature superb and insulting.
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He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
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Painters and poets, you say, have always had an equal license in bold invention. We know we claim the liberty for ourselves and in turn we give it to others.
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Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.
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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.
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Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
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He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have lived. Tomorrow the heavenly father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine, he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.
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