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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

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

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He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

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She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

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One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions.

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If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.

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Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

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Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro Appone.]

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The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality.

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The shame is not in having sported, but in not having broken off the sport. [Lat., Nec luisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum.]

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Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.

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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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Whatever your advice, make it brief.

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In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

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Whatever advice you give, be short.

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You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

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Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.

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For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.

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