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In trying to be concise I become obscure.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret.]
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For, once begun, Your task is easy half the work is done.
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The body loaded by the excess of yesterday, depresses the mind also, and fixes to the ground this particle of divine breath. [Lat., Quin corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis, animum quoque praegravat una Atque affigit humo divinae particulam aurae.]
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Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.
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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
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There is a fault common to all singers. When they're among friends and are asked to sing they don't want to, and when they're not asked to sing they never stop.
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Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
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Make a good use of the present.
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O sweet solace of labors. [Lat., O laborum Dulce lenimen.]
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Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.
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Don't just put it off and think about it!
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An accomplished man to his fingertips.
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The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.
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Wisdom at times is found in folly.
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A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]
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The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.
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As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.
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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
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