Many brave men lived before Agamemnon but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept, unknown, because they lack a sacred poet.
Horace
Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
trust today tomorrow
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. Lat., Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.
trust day tomorrow
Whatever your advice, make it brief.
advice
Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
life wisdom foolishness folly
Drop the question what tomorrow may bring, and count as profit every day that fate allows you.
fate day tomorrow count question profit fate&destiny
With silence favor me.
silence favor
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence It's good to be silly at the right moment.
foolishness moment good prudence silly
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. (You may drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will nevertheless come back.)
marriage nature drive
He's happy who, far away from business, like the races of men of old, tills his ancestral fields with his own oxen, unbound by any interest to pay.
men business happy interest
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
nature live poems water written
men unknown night poet eternal brave sacred lack
Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings.
door age death poor kings
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise begin
wise dare begin
Think to yourself that every day is your last the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.
surprise day forward
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
life mind remember path
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