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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)
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Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.
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Marble statues, engraved with public inscriptions, by which the life and soul return after death to noble leaders.
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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
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Joking apart, now let us be serious.
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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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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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No one is content with his own lot.
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Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore.
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I shall not altogether die.
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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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Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
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They change their skies, but not their souls who run across the sea.
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Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
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The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.
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To teach is to delight.
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Take heed lest you stumble.
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Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
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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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The dispute is still before the judge.
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