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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away.
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Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
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You have played enough you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.
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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
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Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.
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Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
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The just man having a firm grasp of his intentions, neither the heated passions of his fellow men ordaining something awful, nor a tyrant staring him in the face, will shake in his convictions.
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Life is largely a matter of expectation.
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Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam. Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
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Nature is harmony in discord.
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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course? [Lat., Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes.]
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Tear thyself from delay.
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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
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A pauper in the midst of wealth.
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The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.
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A good scare is worth more than good advice.
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A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.
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What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance.
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In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.
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Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove but things which affect your mind you defer.
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