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• Even one hair has a shadow.

  Publilius Syrus

  Hair, Shadow

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• Worship, from the Latin word meaning "worth-ship", is where we express God's worth to us in our lives.

  T. D. Jakes

  Ships, Worship, Our Lives

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• Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.

  Pliny the Elder

  Lines, Dies

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• One hand washes the other.

  Seneca the Younger

  Hands, Unity, Yossarian

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• In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.

  Umberto Eco

  Country, Successful, Catholic

  1988 In the International Herald Tribune, 14 Dec.

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• The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.

  Horace

  Bulls, Horns, Fangs

  Horace, (2016). “The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace”, p.249, Princeton University Press

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• I am doubting what to do.

  Horace

  Doubt

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• Victory is by nature superb and insulting.

  Horace

  Insulting, Victory, Superb

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• People hiss at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and at the same time contemplate the money in my chest.

  Horace

  People, House, My Own

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• All Gaul is divided into three parts.

  Julius Caesar

  Rome, Three, Celts

  De Bello Gallico bk. 1, sec. 1

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• The things, that are repeated again and again, are pleasant.

  Horace

  Again And Again, Pleasant

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• I want to live, and die with you.

  Horace

  Want, Dies

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• Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.

  Ovid

  Lacking, Commendable

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• Always the same thing.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Marcus Tullius Cicero (1839). “The Tusculan Questions of Marcus Tullius Cicero in Five Books”, p.106

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• When putting words together is good to do it with nicety and caution, your elegance and talent will be evident if by putting ordinary words together you create a new voice.

  Horace

  Voice, Together, Ordinary

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• The workmanship was better than the subject matter.

  Ovid

  Matter, Workmanship, Subjects

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• There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

  Pliny the Elder

  Evil, Latin Proverb

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• War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.

  Pindar

  Sweet, War, Havens

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• Blend a little folly with thy worldly plans: it is delightful to give loose on a proper occasion.

  Horace

  Play, Fool, Delightful

  "The Works of Horace: With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory".

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• The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

  Seneca the Younger

  Too Late, Arena, Plans

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• From the egg to the apple.

  Horace

  Eggs, Apples

  Horace (1836). “The works of Horace: translated literally into English prose; for the use of those who are desirous of acquiring or recovering a competent knowledge of the Latin language”, p.29

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• The dispute is still before the judge.

  Horace

  Judging, Disputes, Stills

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• Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

  Horace

  Mind, Calm, Remember

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• Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Fortune

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• Hit the nail on the head.

  John Heywood

  Wise, Wisdom, Negative People

  John Heywood (1963). “A Dialogue of Proverbs”, Berkeley : University of California Press

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