Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.
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One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.Horace
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The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.
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Alas, Postumus, Postumus, the fleeting years are slipping by.
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