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A frail gift is beauty, which grows less as time draws on, and is devoured by its own years.
With patience bear what pains you have deserved, Grieve, if you will, over what's unmerited.
We praise times past, while we times present use; Yet due the worship which to each we give.
Everyone is desirous of his own pursuits, and loves To spend his time in his accustomed art.
If the subject's easy we may all be wise; What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.
Rare is the virtue that's not ruled by Fortune, That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees.
The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.
We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat., Nos duo turba sumus.]
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate.
I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.
If Jupiter hurled his thunderbolt as often as men sinned, he would soon be out of thunderbolts.
Brass shines with constant usage, a beautiful dress needs wearing,Leave a house empty, it rots.
Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.
Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own.
Live without envy, spend your peaceful years Unknown to fame, and choose your peers for friends.
What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.
Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]
Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.
Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. [Lat., Hei mihi! quod nullis amor est medicabilis herbis.]
Thus I am not able to exist either with you or without you; and I seem not to know my own wishes.
Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink.
Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of gold; by gold love is procured.
The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.]
Time was when genius was more precious than gold, but now to have nothing is monstrous barbarism.
In time the bull is brought to wear the yoke. [Lat., Tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri.]
How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand
It is less to suffer punishment than to deserve it. [Lat., Estque pati poenas quam meruisse minus.]
Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.
At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.
A broken fortune is like a falling column; the lower it sinks, the greater weight it has to sustain.
The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.
It is something to hold the scepter with a firm hand. [Lat., Est aliquid valida sceptra tenere manu.]
Some people think that because they do the opposite of what they are asked to do, they have initiative
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse.
Every delay that postpones our joys, is long. [Lat., Longa mora est nobis omnis, quae gaudia differt.]
Note too that a faithful study of the liberal arts humanizes character and permits it not to be cruel.
So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.
It is expedient that there should be gods, and, since it is expedient, let us believe that gods exist.
Grant me profits only, grant me the joy of profit made, and see to it that I enjoy cheating the buyer!
Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]