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Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.
Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.
The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares.
Who knows if the gods above will add tomorrow's span to this day's sum?
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.
He, who has blended the useful with the sweet, has gained every point .
He makes himself ridiculous who is for ever repeating the same mistake.
Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?
As a true translator you will take care not to translate word for word.
One night awaits all, and death's path must be trodden once and for all.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.
If you drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will soon find a way back.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.
When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.
Mingle some brief folly with wisdom now: To be foolish is sweet at times.
The impartial earth opens alike for the child of the pauper and the king.
The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.
It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting.
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.
What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.
With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to the true.
It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through patience.
What with your friend you nobly share, At least you rescue from your heir.
The same (hated) man will be loved after he's dead. How quickly we forget.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your wild oats.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from hour to hour.
The earth opens impartially her bosom to receive the beggar and the prince.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.
Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
When you have well thought out your subject, words will come spontaneously.
Money, as it increases, becomes either the master or the slave of ts owner.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
Consider well what your strength is equal to, and what exceeds your ability.
Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers.
Increasing wealth is attended by care and by the desire of greater increase.
Change generally pleases the rich. [Lat., Plerumque gratae divitibus vices.]
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.