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Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.
Now, that's enough.
[Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.
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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless, avarice is never satisfied.
Justice, though moving with tardy pace, has seldom failed to overtake the wicked in their flight.
[Lat., Raro antecedentem scelestum
Deseruit pede poena claudo.]
The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?
Painters and poets alike have always had license to dare anything! We know that, and we both claim and allow to others in their turn this indulgence.
We are free to yield to truth.
Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
Who then is free? the wise man who is lord over himself;
Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand his passions and despise honors, and who is completely finished and rounded off in himself.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove.
Drive Nature forth by force, she'll turn and rout
The false refinements that would keep her out.
I will perform the function of a whetstone, which is about to restore sharpness to iron, though itself unable to cut.
[Lat., Fungar vice cotis, acutum
Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsi secandi.]
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.
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