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“What the morrow's years might bring 'twas sin for man to know.”
-- Statius
#Men #Years #Might
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“Whoever truly worships the gods loves their priests.”
-- Statius
#Worship #God Love #Priests
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“Heaven forbids that man should know What change tomorrow's fate may bring.”
-- Statius
#Fate #Men #Heaven
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“Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.”
-- Statius
#Delay #Haste #Action
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“Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.”
-- Statius
#Cheerful #May #Dignity
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“It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.”
-- Statius
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“Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.”
-- Statius
#Giving #Delay #Ruins
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“They send their shout to the stars. [Lat., Clamorem ad sidera mittunt.]”
-- Statius
#Stars #Ads
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“It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]”
-- Statius
#Noble #Mercy #Grants
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“Left behind as a memory for us. [Lat., Nobis meminisse relictum.]”
-- Statius
#Memories #Left Behind #Behinds
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“A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]”
-- Statius
#Fortune #Deserving
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“Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]”
-- Statius
#Fear #World #Firsts
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“Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.”
-- Statius
#Haste #Deliberation #Take Time
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“Give not reins to your inflamed passions; take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly. [Lat., Ne frena animo permitte calenti; Da spatium, tenuemque moram; male cuncta ministrat Impetus.]”
-- Statius
#Anger #Passion #Giving
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“Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!”
-- Statius
#Wickedness
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“In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.”
-- Statius
#Fear #Doubt #Prophet
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“A short reign does not spare the masses.”
-- Statius
#Doe #Reign #Mass
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“Fear first made gods in the world.”
-- Statius
#Firsts #World #Made
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“Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.”
-- Statius
#Hope #Anger #Heart
