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The lazy ox wishes for horse-trappings, and the steed wishes to plough. [Lat., Optat ephippia bos piger, optat arare caballus.]

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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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Most virtue lies between two vices.

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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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As we speak cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in tomorrow.

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Let Apella the Jew believe it.

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Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.

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Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]

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Labor diligently to increase your property.

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It is not permitted that we should know everything.

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Those who go overseas find a change of climate, not a change of soul.

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He is praised by some, blamed by others.

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

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The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.

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Boys must not have th' ambitious care of men, Nor men the weak anxieties of age.

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Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life!

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Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout The false refinements that would keep her out.

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Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.

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Gold loves to make its way through guards, and breaks through barriers of stone more easily than the lightning's bolt.

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