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Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]

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Horace
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
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What does drunkenness not accomplish? It unlocks secrets, confirms our hopes, urges the indolent into battle, lifts the burden from anxious minds, teaches new arts.
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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
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In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.
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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?
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No one is born without vices, and he is the best man who is encumbered with the least.
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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
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Dull winter will re-appear.
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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.
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He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.
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Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt.
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Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself with the affairs of others.
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Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person
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Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
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Books have their destinies.
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The covetous person is full of fear and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.
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You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.
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Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.
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Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.
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