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Books have their destinies.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Don't waste the opportunity.
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I shall not altogether die.
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A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.
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The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
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What exile from his country is able to escape from himself?
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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
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The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
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Busy idleness urges us on.
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The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.
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Nothing is swifter than rumor.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Years, following years, steal something every day At last they steal us from ourselves away.
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I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me.
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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.
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There is nothing assured to mortals.
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