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Fidelity is the sister of justice.

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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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Leuconoe, close the book of fate, For troubles are in store, . . . . Live today, tomorrow is not.

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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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Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.

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To carry timber into the wood. [Lat., In silvam ligna ferre.]

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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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He can afford to be a fool.

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The horse would plough, the ox would drive the car. No; do the work you know, and tarry where you are.

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Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer.

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The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In instructing, be brief in what you say in order that your readers may grasp it quickly and retain it faithfully. Superfluous words simply spill out when the mind is already full. Fiction invented in order to please should remain close to reality.

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Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.

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A poem is like a painting.

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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.]

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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

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A good resolve will make any port.

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The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

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He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.

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For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.

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