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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]
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Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
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There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.
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What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his face?
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If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
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A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
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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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Poets, the first instructors of mankind, Brought all things to the proper native use.
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It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.
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The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
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Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.
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He who is always in a hurry to be wealthy and immersed in the study of augmenting his fortune has lost the arms of reason and deserted the post of virtue.
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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
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Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
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Those who want much, are always much in need happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.
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There is measure in all things.
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To grow a philosopher's beard.
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Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.
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The words can not return.
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