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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Let your character be kept up the very end, just as it began, and so be consistent.
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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?
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The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant.
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The gods my protectors. [Lat., Di me tuentur.]
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Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.
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I shall strike the stars with my uplifted head.
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All singers have this fault: if asked to sing among friends they are never so inclined if unasked, they never leave off.
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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
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A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food. [Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]
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Sorrowful words become the sorrowful angry words suit the passionate light words a playful expression serious words suit the grave. [Lat., Tristia maestum Vultum verba decent iratum, plena minarum Ludentem, lasciva: severum, seria dictu.]
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion tips Your tongue, and Venus settles on your lips.
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Who guides below, and rules above, The great disposer, and the mighty king Than He none greater, next Him none, That can be, is, or was.
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It is but a poor establishment where there are not many superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to the thieves.
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Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
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Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.
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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
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At Rome I love Tibur then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
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Justice, though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight. [Lat., Raro antecedentem scelestum Deseruit pede poena claudo.]
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