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He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

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

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Live mindful of how brief your life is.

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What does drunkenness accomplish? It discloses secrets, it ratifies hopes, and urges even the unarmed to battle.

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Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

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When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?

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There is likewise a reward for faithful silence. [Lat., Est et fideli tuta silentio merces.]

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Be smart, drink your wine.

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A crafty knave needs no broker.

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When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.

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A pauper in the midst of wealth.

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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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The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.

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I have reared a memorial more enduring than brass, and loftier than the regal structure of the pyramids, which neither the corroding shower nor the powerless north wind can destroy; no, not even unending years nor the flight of time itself. I shall not entirely die. The greater part of me shall escape oblivion.

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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or men.

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It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.

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It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original way.

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My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.

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Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

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No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his duty to avoid.

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