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The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

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Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.

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The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, A dis plura feret.]

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The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.

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Silver is less valuable than gold, gold than virtue. [Lat., Vilius argentum est auro virtutibus aurum.]

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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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You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

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Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.

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Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

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You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be certain to re-appear.

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In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense, to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

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Avoid greatness in a cottage there may be more real happiness than kings or their favourites enjoy.

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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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There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.

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Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]

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Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

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Many heroes lived before Agamemnon; but all are unknown and unwept, extinguished in everlasting night, because they have no spirited chronicler.

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Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.

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A dowried wife, friends, beauty, birth, fair fame, These are the gifts of money, heavenly dame: Be but a moneyed man, persuasion tips Your tongue, and Venus settles on your lips.

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Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

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