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To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him at all.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.
Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!
We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.
It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.
When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.
The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Every lover is a soldier. (Love is a warfare.) [Lat., Militat omnis amans.]
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire.
Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god.
Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant.]
Although they posses enough, and more than enough still they yearn for more.
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. The burden which is well borne becomes light.
We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.
Tis base to plead the unhappy prisoner's cause, With eloquence that's bought.
Let ancient times delight other folk, I rejoice that I was not born till now.
The good of other times let people state; I think it lucky I was born so late.
Heaven rewards the pious; those who cherish the gods Themselves are cherished.
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]
To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The rolling snow-ball.]
The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
Remove but the temptations of leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect.
There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always comes to mar our joys.
Suppressed pain chokes us; in our breasts It surges, adding ever to its strength.
Calumny ever pursues the great, even as the winds hurl themselves on high places.
If Jupiter should hurl a bolt whenever men sin, His armory would quickly be empty.
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.
You will hardly conquer, but conquer you must. [Lat., Male vincetis, sed vincite.]
She that weds well will wisely match her love, Nor be below her husband nor above.
There is a deity within us who breathes that divine fire by which we are animated.
All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.
We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought.
Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.
The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]
By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.
She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey.
Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.