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Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy all-powerful influence?

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Seize the day [Carpe diem]: trust not to the morrow.

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By wine eating cares are put to flight. [Lat., Vino diffugiunt mordaces curae.]

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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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Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]

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It is not enough for poems to be fine; they must charm, and draw the mind of the listener at will.

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The poet must put on the passion he wants to represent.

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At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.

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Small things become small folks.

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Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.]

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

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Faults are soon copied.

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

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The trainer trains the docile horse to turn, with his sensitive neck, whichever way the rider indicates.

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When a man is just and firm in his purpose, The citizens burning to approve a wrong Or the frowning looks of a tyrant Do not shake his fixed mind, nor the Southwind. Wild lord of the uneasy Adriatic, Nor the thunder in the mighty hand of Jove: Should the heavens crack and tumble down, As the ruins crushed him he would not fear.

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It is grievous to be caught.

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Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.

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Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

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

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No master can make me swear blind obedience.

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