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To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
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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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Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn. [Lat., Neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo.]
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In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
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Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.
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Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.
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I wrap myself up in virtue. [Lat., Mea virtute me involvo.]
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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]
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What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets ratifies and confirms our hopes thrusts the coward forth to battle eases the anxious mind of its burden instructs in arts. Whom has not a cheerful glass made eloquent! Whom not quite free and easy from pinching poverty!
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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
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Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.
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There is a middle ground in things.
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Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.
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Whatever your advice, make it brief.
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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.
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The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret.]
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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them as they go, they take many away.)
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Virtue consists in fleeing vice.
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Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]
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