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He's arm'd without that's innocent within; Be this thy Screen, and this thy Wall of Brass.

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Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense, now and then, is pleasant.

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Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.

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Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.

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Either a peaceful old age awaits me, or death flies round me with black wings. [Lat., Seu me tranquilla senectus Exspectat, seu mors atris circumvolat alis.]

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Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.

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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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Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

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A crafty knave needs no broker.

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

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Enjoy the present day, as distrusting that which is to follow.

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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

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Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.

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Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.

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If nothing is delightful without love and jokes, then live in love and jokes.

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Deep in the cavern of the infant's breast; the father's nature lurks, and lives anew.

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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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The question is yet before the court.

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He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold. [Lat., Qui studet optatam cursu coningere metam Multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit.]

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Better to accept whatever happens.

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