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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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We are all compelled to take the same road from the urn of death, shaken for all, sooner or later the lot must come forth. [Lat., Omnes eodem cogimur omnium Versatur urna serius, ocius Sors exitura.]
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Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.
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Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.
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A pauper in the midst of wealth.
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With self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore Roosevelt Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland.
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The horse would plough, the ox would drive the car. No do the work you know, and tarry where you are.
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It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.
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Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.
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Virtue consists in fleeing vice.
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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
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Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
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The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.
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The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]
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Wisdom at times is found in folly.
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I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with truth.
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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
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Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
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God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
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Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
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