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An accomplished man to his fingertips.

Horace

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.]
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To drink away sorrow.
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Joking apart, now let us be serious.
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Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.
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A man perfect to the finger tips.
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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.
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