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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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There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.]

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By the favour of the heavens

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

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In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you embrace another.

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He is praised by some, blamed by others.

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I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.

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As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.

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I am doubting what to do.

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Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

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The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

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Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale.

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Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.

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Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said, the mind readily receives and faithfully retains, everything superfluous runs over as from a full vessel.

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The grammarians are arguing.

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Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.

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Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]

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While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

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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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There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.

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