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There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

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Of what use is a fortune to me, if I cannot use it? [Lat., Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti?]

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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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Nothing is achieved without toil.

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Now drown care in wine. [Lat., Nunc vino pellite curas.]

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Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.

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I prayed only for a small piece of land, a garden, an ever-flowing spring, and bit of woods.

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Joy, grief, desire or fear, whate'er the name The passion bears, its influence is the same; Where things exceed your hope or fall below, You stare, look blank, grow numb from top to toe.

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Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror.]

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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity

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He is not poor who has a competency.

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Let this be your wall of brass, to have nothing on your conscience, no guilt to make you turn pale.

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I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you by your praises extol to the skies. [Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]

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Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.

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Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.

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A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]

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In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.

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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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A person will gain everyone's approval if he mixes the pleasant with the useful.

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Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

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