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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns. - [Proverbs] Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten when their noblest and most enduring works decay? - [Decay] If you are dreaded by many then beware of many. - [Proverbs] It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. - [Proverbs] Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made. - [Proverbs] No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime. - [Proverbs] Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man. - [Ingratitude] One day unfolds it and one day destroys. - [Proverbs] Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. [Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.] - Epigrams (CXL, 1) [Ingratitude] Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.] - Epigrams (LXXXI, 1) [Beginnings] A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.] - Epigrams (LXXXII, 1) [Favors] Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.] - Idyllia (II, Inconnexa, 5) [Beginnings] When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. [Lat., Turpe quid ausurus, te sine teste time.] - Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (III, 7) [Honor] If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many. [Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.] - Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (IV, 5) [Prudence] If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond. [Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli; Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.] - Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (IV, 6) [Fortune] It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.] - Septem Sapientum Sententioe Septenis Versibus Explicatoe (VII, 4) [Fear]
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