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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
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Rule your mind or it will rule you.
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Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.
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No master can make me swear blind obedience.
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In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you to eat his pears.
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The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
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There is measure in all things.
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The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
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Make a good use of the present.
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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
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To know all things is not permitted.
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It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage. [Lat., Tempus abire tibi est, ne . . . Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.]
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The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.
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What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed.
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Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
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Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]
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The question is yet before the court.
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O drink is mighty! secrets it unlocks, Turns hope to fact, sets cowards on to box, Takes burdens from the careworn, finds out parts In stupid folks, and teaches unknown arts. What tongue hangs fire when quickened by the bowl? What wretch so poor but wine expands his soul?
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A greater liar than the Parthians.
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