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Small: Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefu
Horace
"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance"
Horace, Poet
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Small: Fidelity is the sister of justice
Horace
"Fidelity is the sister of justice"
Horace, Poet
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Small: Dont think, just do
Horace
"Don't think, just do"
Horace, Poet
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Small: Begin, be bold and venture to be wise
Horace
"Begin, be bold and venture to be wise"
Horace, Poet
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Small: Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end
Seneca
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end"
Seneca, Philosopher
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Small: Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness
Seneca
"Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness"
Seneca, Philosopher
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Small: We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing
Seneca
"We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing"
Seneca, Philosopher
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Small: Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residen
Seneca
"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life"
Seneca, Philosopher
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Small: The sum of all sums is eternity
"The sum of all sums is eternity"
Lucretius, Poet
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Small: The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied"
Lucretius, Poet
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Small: By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed
Sallust
"By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed"
Sallust, Historian
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Small: Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old
Sallust
"Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old"
Sallust, Historian
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Small: Greater things are believed of those who are absent
Tacitus
"Greater things are believed of those who are absent"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws
Tacitus
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws"
Tacitus, Historian
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Small: Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad and they are always afraid of the virtues of others
Sallust
"Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others"
Sallust, Historian
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Small: Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider
"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: We cannot pass our guardian angels bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs
"We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful but I have never read in either of th
"I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief s face
Juvenal
"The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face"
Juvenal, Poet
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Small: Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised
Juvenal
"Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised"
Juvenal, Poet
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Small: Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior
Juvenal
"Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior"
Juvenal, Poet
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Small: God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering
"God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others
"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others"
Saint Augustine, Saint
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Small: No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing
Claudius
"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing"
Claudius, Leader
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Small: You must spend money to make money
Plautus
"You must spend money to make money"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: It well becomes a young man to be modest
Plautus
"It well becomes a young man to be modest"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life
Plautus
"Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: Conquered, we conquer
Plautus
"Conquered, we conquer"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole
Plautus
"A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: A mouse does not rely on just one hole
Plautus
"A mouse does not rely on just one hole"
Plautus, Playwright
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Small: Valor is superior to number
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
"Valor is superior to number"
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Writer
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Small: Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder
"Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder"
Tertullian, Author
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Small: The entire fruit is already present in the seed
"The entire fruit is already present in the seed"
Tertullian, Author
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Small: What, if as said, man is a bubble
Marcus Terentius Varro
"What, if as said, man is a bubble"
Marcus Terentius Varro, Author
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Small: For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life
Marcus Terentius Varro
"For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life"
Marcus Terentius Varro, Author
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Small: Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes
Marcus Valerius Martial
"Glory comes too late, after one as been reduced to ashes"
Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet
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Small: Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst
Marcus Valerius Martial
"Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst"
Marcus Valerius Martial, Poet
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Small: The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery
"The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery"
Quintilian, Educator
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Small: Without natural gifts technical rules are useless
"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless"
Quintilian, Educator
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Small: It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to disco
"It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort"
Quintilian, Educator
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