"Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]"
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"While strength and years permit, endure labor; soon bent old age will come with silent foot. [Lat., Dum vires annique sinunt, tolerate labores. Jam veniet tacito curva senecta pede.]"
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"What ignorance there is in human minds."
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"A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog."
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"You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town. [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]"
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"Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]"
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"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]"
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"You start in April and cross to the time of May One has you as it leaves, one as it comes Since the edges of these months are yours and defer To you, either of them suits your praises. The Circus continues and the theatre's lauded palm, Let this song, too, join the Circus spectacle."
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"A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain."
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"The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]"
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"The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]"
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"The gods see the deeds of the righteous. [Lat., Di pia facta vident.]"
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"There is no such thing as pure, unalloyed pleasure; some bitter ever mingles with the sweet."
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"And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]"
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"Take this at least, this last advice, my son: Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on: The coursers of themselves will run too fast, Your art must be to moderate their haste."
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"Thanks are justly due for boons unbought"
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"Ants do no bend their ways to empty barns, so no friend will visit the place of departed wealth. [Lat., Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania nunquam Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.]"
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"When the character's right, looks are a greater delight."
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"Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming."
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"Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know."
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