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The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.

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When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.

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Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

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Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.

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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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We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

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A poem is like a painting.

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Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived, and those that are at present respectable, will drop out, if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech.

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It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage. [Lat., Tempus abire tibi est, ne . . . Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.]

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Remember to preserve a calm soul amid difficulties.

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That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

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Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

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The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

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Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?

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Leave the rest to the gods.

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Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.

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Man is never watchful enough against dangers that threaten him every hour. [Lat., Quid quisque vitet nunquam homini satis Cautum est in horas.]

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As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.

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He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

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Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

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