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Force without reason falls of its own weight.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.
The gods my protectors. [Lat., Di me tuentur.]
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The Cadiz tribe, not used to bearing our yoke.
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
I shall strike the stars with my uplifted head.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
He is always a slave who cannot live on little.
The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.
There are as many preferences as there are men.
Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]
Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
My liver swells with bile difficult to repress.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.
In peace, a wise man makes preparations for war.
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters.
And take back ill-polished stanzas to the anvil.
Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.
Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.
One musts avoid that wicked temptress, Laziness.
Force without judgement falls on its own weight.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
Those who cross the sea, change sky, but not soul.
It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.
We are just statistics, born to consume resources.
Naked I seek the camp of those who desire nothing.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.
A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.