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Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them as they go, they take many away.)

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Let us my friends snatch our opportunity from the passing day.

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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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O imitators, you slavish herd!

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Nothing is beautiful from every point of view.

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Tear thyself from delay.

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Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.

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It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

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It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

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If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.

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Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.

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He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

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He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.

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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

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Life gives nothing to man without labor.

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You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

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Make a good use of the present.

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He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.

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