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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)

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And yet more bright Shines out the Julian star, As moon outglows each lesser light. [Lat., Micat inter omnes Iulium sidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores.]

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The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]

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Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker. [Lat., Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est.]

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In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.

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Though your threshing floor grind a hundred thousand bushels of corn, not for that reason will your stomach hold more than mine.

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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

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I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.

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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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Don't just think, do.

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Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our host decrees no water here. Let dullards drink the Nymph's pale brew, The sluggish thin their blood with dew. For such pale stuff we have no use; For us the purple grape's rich juice. Begone, ye chilling water sprite; Here burning Bacchus rules tonight! Catullus, Selections From Catullus No poems can live long or please that are written by water-drinkers.

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She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

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He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same thing as if he slew him.

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And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls.

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He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

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Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.

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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

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Whatever advice you give, be short.

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And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]

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Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

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