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It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]

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The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]

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There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away .

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One does not yearn for that which is easily acquired.

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A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam, A strawberry shows, half drowned in cream? Or seen rich rubies blushing through A pure smooth pearl, and orient too? So like to this, nay all the rest, Is each neat niplet of her breast.

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Idleness ruins the constitution

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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

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Happy the man who can count his sufferings.

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Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

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Thus all things altered. Nothing dies. And here and there the unbodied spirit flies.

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Good-bye to the lies of the poets. [Lat., Valeant mendacia vatum.]

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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

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All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

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By arts, sails, and oars, ships are rapidly moved; arts move the light chariot, and establish love. [Lat., Arte citae veloque rates remoque moventur; Arte levis currus, arte regendus Amor.]

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In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

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Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

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People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

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Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.

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If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts.

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A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

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