"Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not……" — Horace
"Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")"
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
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I shall strike the stars with my unlifted head.
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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