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A man perfect to the finger tips.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning.
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An accomplished man to his fingertips.
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He is praised by some, blamed by others.
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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.
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Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.
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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?
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What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
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Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
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Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.
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Where there are many beauties in a poem I shall not cavil at a few faults proceeding either from negligence or from the imperfection of our nature.
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A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.
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Never inquire into another man's secret bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it.
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Every man should measure himself by his own standard. [Lat., Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est.]
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The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant.
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The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one difficulty involves us in another.
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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.
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To drink away sorrow.
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Remember to be calm in adversity.
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Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune. [Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.]
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