Horace

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"Multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum, Multa recedentes adimiunt. (The years, as they come, bring many agreeable things with them; as they go, they take many away.)"	Ability, Men, Time
"I strive to be brief, and become obscure."	Miscellaneous
"Pale death knocks with impartial foot at poor men's hovels and king's palaces."	Art, Death, Men
"Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow."	Honesty, Time, Truth
"To save a man's life against his will is the same as killing him."	Life, Men
"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."	Age, Happiness, Joy
"Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)"	Miscellaneous
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero! (Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow)"	Death, Honesty, Time
"Dum loquimur invida aetas fugerit. (While we talk, hostile time flies away)"	Lies, Time
"Whatever your advice, make it brief."	Miscellaneous
"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."	Happiness, Joy, Men
"Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque revenit. (You may drive nature out with a pitchfork, she will nevertheless come back.)"	Men, Nature
"In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon."	Ability, Acceptance, Happiness
"Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him."	Help, Men
"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."	Miscellaneous
"You have played enough; you have eaten and drunk enough. Now it is time for you to depart."	Art, Time
"Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"I strive to be brief, and I become obscure."	Miscellaneous
"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."	Ability, Adversity, Difficulty
"Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own; He who secure within can say: Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."	Happiness, Joy, Life

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Knowledge	Lies	Life
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Monarchy	Nature	Sin
Talent	Time	Truth
War	Wisdom	Wishing