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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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Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.

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A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]

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The illustration which solves one difficulty by raising another, settles nothing. [Lat., Nil agit exemplum, litem quod lite resolvit.]

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All else-valor, a good name, glory, everything in heaven and earth-is secondary to the charm of riches.

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Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]

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Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour?

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Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

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Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]

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Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

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Now drown care in wine. [Lat., Nunc vino pellite curas.]

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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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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

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You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart.

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Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

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Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

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Don't long for the unripe grape.

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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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The man who has lost his purse will go wherever you wish. [Lat., Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit.]

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The covetous man is ever in want.

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