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It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.

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In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by fire.

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Take heed lest you stumble.

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Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]

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He who has made it a practice to lie and deceive his father, will be the most daring in deceiving others.

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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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A man polished to the nail. [Lat., Ad unguem factus home.]

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Necessity takes impartially the highest and the lowest.

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While we're talking, time will have meanly run on... pick today's fruits, not relying on the future in the slightest.

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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]

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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

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Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters.

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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

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Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain.

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A mind that is charmed by false appearances refuses better things. [Lat., Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat.]

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The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

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A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

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He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.

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High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

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Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

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