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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.
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Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
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Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]
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I have to submit to much in order to pacify the touchy tribe of poets.
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He, that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state.
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Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great: That ample urn holds all men's names.
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Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
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He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
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Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum?
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False praise can please, and calumny affright None but the vicious, and the hypocrite.
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An accomplished man to his fingertips.
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It is difficult to speak of the universal specifically.
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If nothing is delightful without love and jokes, then live in love and jokes.
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Sorrowful words become the sorrowful angry words suit the passionate light words a playful expression serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent iratum, plena minarum Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]
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Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
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