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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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Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

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Plant no other tree before the vine.

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Amiability shines by its own light.

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Enjoy the present day, trust the least possible to the future.

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From the egg to the apple.

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Joking apart, now let us be serious.

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

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Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.

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

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We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

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If you rank me with the lyric poets, my exalted head shall strike the stars. [Lat., Quod si me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice.]

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Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.

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Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.

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Nothing is swifter than rumor.

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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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Whatever things injure your eye you are anxious to remove; but things which affect your mind you defer.

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He is not poor who has the use of necessary things. [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]

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The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.

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Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach, So shalt thou live beyond the reach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r; Not always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treach'rous shore.

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