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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]
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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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The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds High towers fall with a heavier crash And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
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Verses devoid of substance, melodious trifles. [Lat., Versus inopes rerum, nugaeque canorae.]
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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]
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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
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The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]
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Leave the rest to the gods.
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