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I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words.
Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase. [Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]
Who gives to Aristaeus honey; Or wine to Bacchus, or Triptolemus Earth's fruits, or apples to Alcinous?
Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
I cannot keep track of all the vagaries of fashion, Every day, so it seems, brings in a different style.
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
There is a God within us and intercourse with heaven. [Lat., Est deus in nobis; et sunt commercia coeli.]
For this reason, if you believe proverbs, let me tell you the common one: "It is unlucky to marry in May.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
Tis not always in a physician's power to cure the sick; at times the disease is stronger than trained art.
The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.
If you count the sunny and the cloudy days of the whole year, you will find that the sunshine predominates.
You do not know it but you are the talk of all the town. [Lat., Fabula (nec sentis) tota jactaris in urba.]
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
The mind conscious of innocence despises false reports: but we are a set always ready to believe a scandal.
In the make-up of human beings, intelligence counts for more than our hands, and that is our true strength.
To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.
The rest of the crowd were friends of my fortune, not of me. [Lat., Caetera fortunae, non mea, turba fuit.]
The art of medicine in the season lies: Wine given in season oft will benefit, Which out of season injures.
There is a god within us, and the heavens Have intercourse with earth; from realms above That spirit comes.
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts. [Lat., Candida pax homines, trux decet ira feras.]
I am an exile; but it is the fault that pains; The punishment is nought; that it is deserved Is all the pain.
The earth yields up her stores, of every ill The instigators; iron, foe to man, And gold, than iron deadlier.
In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.
A mind conscious of right laughs at the falsehoods of rumour. [Lat., Conscia mens recti famae mendacia risit.]
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
I could not possibly count the gold-digging ruses of women, Not if I had ten mouths, not if I had ten tongues.
Time glides away and as we get older through the noiseless years; the days flee and are restrained by no reign.
Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.
We are charmed by neatness: Let not your hair be out of order. [Lat., Munditiis capimur: non sine lege capilli.]
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.
Our advantages fly away without aid. Pluck the flower. [Lat., Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona. Carpite florem.]
Let those who have deserved their punishment, bear it patiently. [Lat., Aequo animo poenam, qui meruere, ferant.]
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.
Love is a driver, bitter and fierce if you fight and resist him, Easy-going enough once you acknowledge his power.
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (The drop excavates the stone, not with force but by falling often.)
Every woman thinks herself attractive; even the plainest is satisfied with the charms she deems that she possesses.
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
What is hid is unknown: for what is unknown there is no desire. [Lat., Quod latet ignotum est; ignoti nulla cupido.]
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.