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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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O citizens, first acquire wealth you can practice virtue afterward.
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Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.
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Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
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Do not pursue with the terrible scourge him who deserves a slight whip. [Lat., Ne scutica dignum horribili sectere flagello.]
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Books have their destinies.
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There is nothing assured to mortals.
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As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.
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Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.
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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici Expertus metuit.]
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There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place.
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Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?
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Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.
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Be smart, drink your wine.
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Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.
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Anger is brief madness
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Live mindful of how brief your life is.
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No master can make me swear blind obedience.
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Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
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Whatever advice you give, be short.
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