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While I am sane I shall compare nothing to the joy of a friend.

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An accomplished man to his fingertips.

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Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.

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When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of a tyrant Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

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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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What has not wasting time impaired?

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When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.

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Work at it night and day.

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A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things. [Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]

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Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.

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We are dust and shadow. [Lat., Pulvis et umbra sumus.]

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Believe it, future generations.

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Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.

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And yet more bright Shines out the Julian star, As moon outglows each lesser light. [Lat., Micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores.]

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Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

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Every man should measure himself by his own standard. [Lat., Metiri se quemque suo modulo ac pede verum est.]

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I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

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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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I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

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I teach that all men are mad.

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