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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Let me posses what I now have, or even less, so that I may enjoy my remaining days, if Heaven grant any to remain.
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In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
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He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have lived. Tomorrow the heavenly father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine, he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.
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Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.]
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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.
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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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The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.
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Force without reason falls of its own weight.
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Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full.
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They change their skies, but not their souls who run across the sea.
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You are judged of by what you possess.
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My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.
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It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.
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Does he council you better who bids you, Money, by right means, if you can: but by any means, make money ?
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Difficulties elicit talents that in more fortunate circumstances would lie dormant.
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A greater liar than the Parthians.
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Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
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Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.
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Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.
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Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest.
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