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The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

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Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods. [Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]

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Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

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Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

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When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course? [Lat., Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes.]

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One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

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Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were

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Nature is harmony in discord.

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It is difficult to administer properly what belongs to all in common.

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Little folks become their little fate.

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A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.

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Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)

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Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean.

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

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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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In Rome you long for the country. In the country you praise to the skies the distant town.

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To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.

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The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.

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